Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
California
Precipitation Rankings, October 2010
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 2010 1-Month |
3.00" (76.20mm) | 1.20" (30.48mm) |
1.80" (45.72mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1917 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1962 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2010 2-Month |
3.16" (80.26mm) | 1.65" (41.91mm) |
1.51" (38.35mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 2020 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1962 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2010 3-Month |
3.26" (82.80mm) | 1.89" (48.01mm) |
1.37" (34.79mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1995, 2002 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1962 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2010 4-Month |
3.33" (84.58mm) | 2.07" (52.58mm) |
1.26" (32.00mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 2002, 2020 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1962 | ||||
| Ties: 1983 | ||||||
|
Jun–Oct 2010 5-Month |
3.59" (91.19mm) | 2.42" (61.47mm) |
1.17" (29.72mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 2002 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1982 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2010 6-Month |
4.66" (118.36mm) | 3.30" (83.82mm) |
1.36" (34.54mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 2002 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 2021 | ||||||
|
Apr–Oct 2010 7-Month |
8.13" (206.50mm) | 4.93" (125.22mm) |
3.20" (81.28mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 2002 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1963 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2010 8-Month |
10.32" (262.13mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
2.18" (55.37mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 2008 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2010 9-Month |
13.97" (354.84mm) | 11.99" (304.55mm) |
1.98" (50.29mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1966 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2010 10-Month |
20.45" (519.43mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
4.21" (106.93mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 2013 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2009–Oct 2010 11-Month |
23.60" (599.44mm) | 19.87" (504.70mm) |
3.73" (94.74mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1977 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 2009–Oct 2010 12-Month |
24.59" (624.59mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
2.15" (54.61mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1977 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1983 | ||||
|
May 2009–Oct 2010 18-Month |
28.76" (730.50mm) | 25.75" (654.05mm) |
3.01" (76.45mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1977 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 2008–Oct 2010 24-Month |
42.96" (1,091.18mm) | 44.87" (1,139.70mm) |
-1.91" (-48.52mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1977 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 2007–Oct 2010 36-Month |
59.38" (1,508.25mm) | 67.29" (1,709.17mm) |
-7.91" (-200.92mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 2014 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 2006–Oct 2010 48-Month |
74.39" (1,889.51mm) | 89.47" (2,272.54mm) |
-15.08" (-383.03mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 2015 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 2005–Oct 2010 60-Month |
102.86" (2,612.64mm) | 111.65" (2,835.91mm) |
-8.79" (-223.27mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1991 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/