Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Precipitation Rankings, October 1896
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1896 1-Month |
1.50" (38.10mm) | 1.20" (30.48mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1917 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1962 | ||||
| Ties: 1901, 2007 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 1896 2-Month |
1.97" (50.04mm) | 1.65" (41.91mm) |
0.32" (8.13mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 2020 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1962 | ||||
| Ties: 1938, 1996 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 1896 3-Month |
2.53" (64.26mm) | 1.89" (48.01mm) |
0.64" (16.25mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1995, 2002 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1962 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1896 4-Month |
2.82" (71.63mm) | 2.07" (52.58mm) |
0.75" (19.05mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 2002, 2020 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1962 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1896 5-Month |
2.90" (73.66mm) | 2.42" (61.47mm) |
0.48" (12.19mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 2002 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1982 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1896 6-Month |
4.83" (122.68mm) | 3.30" (83.82mm) |
1.53" (38.86mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 2002 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1957 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1896 7-Month |
9.11" (231.39mm) | 4.93" (125.22mm) |
4.18" (106.17mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 2002 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1963 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1896 8-Month |
12.98" (329.69mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
4.84" (122.93mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 2008 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1991 | ||||||
|
Feb–Oct 1896 9-Month |
13.58" (344.93mm) | 11.99" (304.55mm) |
1.59" (40.38mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1966 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1896 10-Month |
21.60" (548.64mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
5.36" (136.14mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 2013 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1895–Oct 1896 11-Month |
24.13" (612.90mm) | 19.87" (504.70mm) |
4.26" (108.20mm) | 100th Driest | Driest to Date | 1977 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1895–Oct 1896 12-Month |
25.74" (653.80mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
3.30" (83.82mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest to Date | 1977 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
May 1895–Oct 1896 18-Month |
28.90" (734.06mm) | 25.75" (654.05mm) |
3.15" (80.01mm) | 91st Driest | Driest to Date | 1977 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1943 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 14, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/