Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Precipitation Rankings, October 1985
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1985 1-Month |
1.15" (29.21mm) | 1.20" (30.48mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1917 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1962 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1985 2-Month |
2.23" (56.64mm) | 1.65" (41.91mm) |
0.58" (14.73mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 2020 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1962 | ||||
| Ties: 1923 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 1985 3-Month |
2.30" (58.42mm) | 1.89" (48.01mm) |
0.41" (10.41mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1995, 2002 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1962 | ||||
| Ties: 1908 | ||||||
|
Jul–Oct 1985 4-Month |
2.58" (65.53mm) | 2.07" (52.58mm) |
0.51" (12.95mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 2002, 2020 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1962 | ||||
| Ties: 1909 | ||||||
|
Jun–Oct 1985 5-Month |
2.79" (70.87mm) | 2.42" (61.47mm) |
0.37" (9.40mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 2002 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1982 | ||||
| Ties: 1909 | ||||||
|
May–Oct 1985 6-Month |
2.99" (75.95mm) | 3.30" (83.82mm) |
-0.31" (-7.87mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 2002 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1957 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1985 7-Month |
3.23" (82.04mm) | 4.93" (125.22mm) |
-1.70" (-43.18mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 2002 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1963 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1985 8-Month |
6.11" (155.19mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
-2.03" (-51.57mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 2008 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1914 | ||||||
|
Feb–Oct 1985 9-Month |
7.96" (202.18mm) | 11.99" (304.55mm) |
-4.03" (-102.37mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1966 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1985 10-Month |
8.77" (222.76mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
-7.47" (-189.74mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 2013 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1984–Oct 1985 11-Month |
11.64" (295.66mm) | 19.87" (504.70mm) |
-8.23" (-209.04mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1984–Oct 1985 12-Month |
17.78" (451.61mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
-4.66" (-118.37mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1983 | ||||
|
May 1984–Oct 1985 18-Month |
21.68" (550.67mm) | 25.75" (654.05mm) |
-4.07" (-103.38mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1977 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1983–Oct 1985 24-Month |
40.59" (1,030.99mm) | 44.87" (1,139.70mm) |
-4.28" (-108.71mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1982–Oct 1985 36-Month |
79.52" (2,019.81mm) | 67.29" (1,709.17mm) |
12.23" (310.64mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 2014 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1981–Oct 1985 48-Month |
112.15" (2,848.61mm) | 89.47" (2,272.54mm) |
22.68" (576.07mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 2015 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1980–Oct 1985 60-Month |
131.03" (3,328.16mm) | 111.65" (2,835.91mm) |
19.38" (492.25mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1991 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/