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 2015
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 2015 1-Month |
0.90" (22.86mm) | 1.20" (30.48mm) |
-0.30" (-7.62mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1917 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1962 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2015 2-Month |
1.23" (31.24mm) | 1.65" (41.91mm) |
-0.42" (-10.67mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 2020 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1962 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2015 3-Month |
1.31" (33.27mm) | 1.89" (48.01mm) |
-0.58" (-14.74mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1995, 2002 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1962 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2015 4-Month |
1.97" (50.04mm) | 2.07" (52.58mm) |
-0.10" (-2.54mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 2002, 2020 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1962 | ||||
| Ties: 1935 | ||||||
|
Jun–Oct 2015 5-Month |
2.20" (55.88mm) | 2.42" (61.47mm) |
-0.22" (-5.59mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 2002 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1982 | ||||
| Ties: 1937 | ||||||
|
May–Oct 2015 6-Month |
3.13" (79.50mm) | 3.30" (83.82mm) |
-0.17" (-4.32mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2002 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1902 | ||||||
|
Apr–Oct 2015 7-Month |
4.19" (106.43mm) | 4.93" (125.22mm) |
-0.74" (-18.79mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2002 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 1963 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2015 8-Month |
4.97" (126.24mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
-3.17" (-80.52mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 2008 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2015 9-Month |
7.83" (198.88mm) | 11.99" (304.55mm) |
-4.16" (-105.67mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1966 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2015 10-Month |
8.48" (215.39mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
-7.76" (-197.11mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 2013 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2014–Oct 2015 11-Month |
14.78" (375.41mm) | 19.87" (504.70mm) |
-5.09" (-129.29mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1977 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 2014–Oct 2015 12-Month |
16.62" (422.15mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
-5.82" (-147.83mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1977 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1983 | ||||
|
May 2014–Oct 2015 18-Month |
19.48" (494.79mm) | 25.75" (654.05mm) |
-6.27" (-159.26mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1977 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 2013–Oct 2015 24-Month |
29.81" (757.17mm) | 44.87" (1,139.70mm) |
-15.06" (-382.53mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1977 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 2012–Oct 2015 36-Month |
46.03" (1,169.16mm) | 67.29" (1,709.17mm) |
-21.26" (-540.01mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2014 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 2011–Oct 2015 48-Month |
61.92" (1,572.77mm) | 89.47" (2,272.54mm) |
-27.55" (-699.77mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2015 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 2010–Oct 2015 60-Month |
89.28" (2,267.71mm) | 111.65" (2,835.91mm) |
-22.37" (-568.20mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1991 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/