Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Precipitation Rankings, July 1940
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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July 1940 1-Month |
0.01" (0.25mm) | 0.18" (4.57mm) |
-0.17" (-4.32mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1940 |
| 128th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1913 | ||||
|
Jun–Jul 1940 2-Month |
0.14" (3.56mm) | 0.53" (13.46mm) |
-0.39" (-9.90mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1930 | 1901 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1913 | ||||
| Ties: 1928, 1942, 2004 | ||||||
|
May–Jul 1940 3-Month |
0.82" (20.83mm) | 1.41" (35.81mm) |
-0.59" (-14.98mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 1924 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1998 | ||||
|
Apr–Jul 1940 4-Month |
2.06" (52.32mm) | 3.04" (77.22mm) |
-0.98" (-24.90mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1909 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1896 | ||||
|
Mar–Jul 1940 5-Month |
5.80" (147.32mm) | 6.26" (159.00mm) |
-0.46" (-11.68mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 2008 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1995 | ||||
|
Feb–Jul 1940 6-Month |
13.57" (344.68mm) | 10.10" (256.54mm) |
3.47" (88.14mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1997 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Jul 1940 7-Month |
20.62" (523.75mm) | 14.36" (364.74mm) |
6.26" (159.01mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 2022 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1995 | ||||
|
Dec 1939–Jul 1940 8-Month |
23.63" (600.20mm) | 17.98" (456.69mm) |
5.65" (143.51mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1924 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1939–Jul 1940 9-Month |
24.09" (611.89mm) | 20.55" (521.97mm) |
3.54" (89.92mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1924 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1983, 1998 | ||||
|
Oct 1939–Jul 1940 10-Month |
25.08" (637.03mm) | 21.75" (552.45mm) |
3.33" (84.58mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1977 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1939–Jul 1940 11-Month |
26.19" (665.23mm) | 22.20" (563.88mm) |
3.99" (101.35mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1977 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1983 | ||||
|
Aug 1939–Jul 1940 12-Month |
26.37" (669.80mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
3.93" (99.82mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 2021 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb 1939–Jul 1940 18-Month |
32.88" (835.15mm) | 32.51" (825.75mm) |
0.37" (9.40mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 2014 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1983 | ||||
|
Aug 1938–Jul 1940 24-Month |
42.00" (1,066.80mm) | 44.90" (1,140.46mm) |
-2.90" (-73.66mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 1977 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1983 | ||||
|
Aug 1937–Jul 1940 36-Month |
75.24" (1,911.10mm) | 67.31" (1,709.67mm) |
7.93" (201.43mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 2022 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1984 | ||||
|
Aug 1936–Jul 1940 48-Month |
98.68" (2,506.47mm) | 89.50" (2,273.30mm) |
9.18" (233.17mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 2015 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1998 | ||||
|
Aug 1935–Jul 1940 60-Month |
121.92" (3,096.77mm) | 111.68" (2,836.67mm) |
10.24" (260.10mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1991 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1911 | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/