Statewide Rankings
California
Precipitation Rankings, August 1940
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
August 1940 1-Month |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 0.24" (6.10mm) |
-0.22" (-5.59mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: |
1937, 2002 |
126th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Ties: 1911, 1928, 1960 | ||||||
Jul– 2-Month |
0.03" (0.76mm) | 0.42" (10.67mm) |
-0.39" (-9.91mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
1940 |
128th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Jun– 3-Month |
0.16" (4.06mm) | 0.77" (19.56mm) |
-0.61" (-15.50mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1913 | ||||
Ties: 1928 | ||||||
May– 4-Month |
0.84" (21.34mm) | 1.65" (41.91mm) |
-0.81" (-20.57mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: |
1924 |
112th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Apr– 5-Month |
2.08" (52.83mm) | 3.28" (83.31mm) |
-1.20" (-30.48mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
105th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1896 | ||||
Mar– 6-Month |
5.82" (147.83mm) | 6.50" (165.10mm) |
-0.68" (-17.27mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: |
2008 |
65th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1995 | ||||
Feb– 7-Month |
13.59" (345.19mm) | 10.35" (262.89mm) |
3.24" (82.30mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: |
1997, 2021 |
21st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Jan– 8-Month |
20.64" (524.26mm) | 14.60" (370.84mm) |
6.04" (153.42mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: |
2022 |
17th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1995 | ||||
Dec 1939– 9-Month |
23.65" (600.71mm) | 18.22" (462.79mm) |
5.43" (137.92mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: |
1924 |
22nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Nov 1939– 10-Month |
24.11" (612.39mm) | 20.80" (528.32mm) |
3.31" (84.07mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: |
1924 |
35th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Oct 1939– 11-Month |
25.10" (637.54mm) | 22.00" (558.80mm) |
3.10" (78.74mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: |
1924 |
33rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Sep 1939– 12-Month |
26.21" (665.73mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
3.77" (95.75mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
31st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Mar 1939– 18-Month |
30.93" (785.62mm) | 28.96" (735.58mm) |
1.97" (50.04mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
41st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Sep 1938– 24-Month |
41.91" (1,064.51mm) | 44.90" (1,140.46mm) |
-2.99" (-75.95mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
75th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Sep 1937– 36-Month |
75.25" (1,911.35mm) | 67.31" (1,709.67mm) |
7.94" (201.68mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: |
2022 |
29th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1984 | ||||
Sep 1936– 48-Month |
98.46" (2,500.88mm) | 89.50" (2,273.30mm) |
8.96" (227.58mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: |
2015 |
26th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Sep 1935– 60-Month |
121.59" (3,088.39mm) | 111.68" (2,836.67mm) |
9.91" (251.72mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: |
1991 |
26th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1999 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on February 6, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/rankings