Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Precipitation Rankings, October 2002
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 2002 1-Month |
0.06" (1.52mm) | 1.20" (30.48mm) |
-1.14" (-28.96mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1917 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1962 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2002 2-Month |
0.17" (4.32mm) | 1.65" (41.91mm) |
-1.48" (-37.59mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 2020 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1962 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2002 3-Month |
0.18" (4.57mm) | 1.89" (48.01mm) |
-1.71" (-43.44mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1995, 2002 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1962 | ||||
| Ties: 1995 | ||||||
|
Jul–Oct 2002 4-Month |
0.24" (6.10mm) | 2.07" (52.58mm) |
-1.83" (-46.48mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2002, 2020 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1962 | ||||
| Ties: 2020 | ||||||
|
Jun–Oct 2002 5-Month |
0.31" (7.87mm) | 2.42" (61.47mm) |
-2.11" (-53.60mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2002 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1982 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2002 6-Month |
0.90" (22.86mm) | 3.30" (83.82mm) |
-2.40" (-60.96mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2002 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1957 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2002 7-Month |
1.78" (45.21mm) | 4.93" (125.22mm) |
-3.15" (-80.01mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2002 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1963 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2002 8-Month |
3.69" (93.73mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
-4.45" (-113.03mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 2008 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2002 9-Month |
5.14" (130.56mm) | 11.99" (304.55mm) |
-6.85" (-173.99mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1966 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2002 10-Month |
7.36" (186.94mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
-8.88" (-225.56mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2013 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2001–Oct 2002 11-Month |
12.61" (320.29mm) | 19.87" (504.70mm) |
-7.26" (-184.41mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1977 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 2001–Oct 2002 12-Month |
16.82" (427.23mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
-5.62" (-142.75mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1977 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1983 | ||||
|
May 2001–Oct 2002 18-Month |
18.48" (469.39mm) | 25.75" (654.05mm) |
-7.27" (-184.66mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1977 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 2000–Oct 2002 24-Month |
31.94" (811.28mm) | 44.87" (1,139.70mm) |
-12.93" (-328.42mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1977 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1999–Oct 2002 36-Month |
54.66" (1,388.36mm) | 67.29" (1,709.17mm) |
-12.63" (-320.81mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 2014 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1998–Oct 2002 48-Month |
75.43" (1,915.92mm) | 89.47" (2,272.54mm) |
-14.04" (-356.62mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 2015 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–Oct 2002 60-Month |
112.76" (2,864.10mm) | 111.65" (2,835.91mm) |
1.11" (28.19mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1991 |
| 50th 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 October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/