Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Precipitation Rankings, September 2002
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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September 2002 1-Month |
0.11" (2.79mm) | 0.45" (11.43mm) |
-0.34" (-8.64mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1974 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1918 | ||||
| Ties: 1922, 1926, 1947, 1949, 1988 | ||||||
|
Aug–Sep 2002 2-Month |
0.12" (3.05mm) | 0.69" (17.53mm) |
-0.57" (-14.48mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1937, 2018 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1928, 2006 | ||||||
|
Jul–Sep 2002 3-Month |
0.18" (4.57mm) | 0.87" (22.10mm) |
-0.69" (-17.53mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1928 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1976 | ||||
|
Jun–Sep 2002 4-Month |
0.25" (6.35mm) | 1.22" (30.99mm) |
-0.97" (-24.64mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2002 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1982 | ||||
|
May–Sep 2002 5-Month |
0.84" (21.34mm) | 2.10" (53.34mm) |
-1.26" (-32.00mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1924 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1998 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 2002 6-Month |
1.72" (43.69mm) | 3.74" (95.00mm) |
-2.02" (-51.31mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1987 | 1924 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1896 | ||||
|
Mar–Sep 2002 7-Month |
3.63" (92.20mm) | 6.95" (176.53mm) |
-3.32" (-84.33mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 2008 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1995 | ||||
|
Feb–Sep 2002 8-Month |
5.08" (129.03mm) | 10.80" (274.32mm) |
-5.72" (-145.29mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2021 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Sep 2002 9-Month |
7.30" (185.42mm) | 15.05" (382.27mm) |
-7.75" (-196.85mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1924 | 2013 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2001–Sep 2002 10-Month |
12.55" (318.77mm) | 18.67" (474.22mm) |
-6.12" (-155.45mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1924 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 2001–Sep 2002 11-Month |
16.76" (425.70mm) | 21.25" (539.75mm) |
-4.49" (-114.05mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1924 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 2001–Sep 2002 12-Month |
17.41" (442.21mm) | 22.45" (570.23mm) |
-5.04" (-128.02mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1924 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1983 | ||||
|
Apr 2001–Sep 2002 18-Month |
20.17" (512.32mm) | 26.19" (665.23mm) |
-6.02" (-152.91mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 2021 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 2000–Sep 2002 24-Month |
34.08" (865.63mm) | 44.90" (1,140.46mm) |
-10.82" (-274.83mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1977 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1999–Sep 2002 36-Month |
55.31" (1,404.87mm) | 67.32" (1,709.93mm) |
-12.01" (-305.06mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 2014 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1998–Sep 2002 48-Month |
76.13" (1,933.70mm) | 89.51" (2,273.55mm) |
-13.38" (-339.85mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 2015 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1998 | ||||
|
Oct 1997–Sep 2002 60-Month |
113.78" (2,890.01mm) | 111.69" (2,836.93mm) |
2.09" (53.08mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1991 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/