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.
Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, January 2021
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2021 1-Month |
3.14" (79.76mm) | 3.35" (85.09mm) |
-0.21" (-5.33mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1937 | ||||
|
Dec 2020–Jan 2021 2-Month |
8.28" (210.31mm) | 6.57" (166.88mm) |
1.71" (43.43mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1981 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1937 | ||||
|
Nov 2020–Jan 2021 3-Month |
13.43" (341.12mm) | 9.44" (239.78mm) |
3.99" (101.34mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1981 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2010 | ||||
|
Oct 2020–Jan 2021 4-Month |
18.49" (469.65mm) | 12.59" (319.79mm) |
5.90" (149.86mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2001 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1978 | ||||
|
Sep 2020–Jan 2021 5-Month |
24.80" (629.92mm) | 16.12" (409.45mm) |
8.68" (220.47mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1934 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2020–Jan 2021 6-Month |
33.00" (838.20mm) | 20.45" (519.43mm) |
12.55" (318.77mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2020–Jan 2021 7-Month |
37.07" (941.58mm) | 24.96" (633.98mm) |
12.11" (307.60mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2020–Jan 2021 8-Month |
42.20" (1,071.88mm) | 28.93" (734.82mm) |
13.27" (337.06mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2020–Jan 2021 9-Month |
47.07" (1,195.58mm) | 32.76" (832.10mm) |
14.31" (363.48mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2020–Jan 2021 10-Month |
53.05" (1,347.47mm) | 36.11" (917.19mm) |
16.94" (430.28mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2020–Jan 2021 11-Month |
55.98" (1,421.89mm) | 39.89" (1,013.21mm) |
16.09" (408.68mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 2020–Jan 2021 12-Month |
60.99" (1,549.15mm) | 42.94" (1,090.68mm) |
18.05" (458.47mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1931 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Jan 2021 18-Month |
80.40" (2,042.16mm) | 63.32" (1,608.33mm) |
17.08" (433.83mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1931 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2004 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2021 24-Month |
107.02" (2,718.31mm) | 85.91" (2,182.11mm) |
21.11" (536.20mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1932 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2005 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2021 36-Month |
171.40" (4,353.56mm) | 128.89" (3,273.81mm) |
42.51" (1,079.75mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1966 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2021 48-Month |
211.67" (5,376.42mm) | 171.87" (4,365.50mm) |
39.80" (1,010.92mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1934 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2022 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2021 60-Month |
258.11" (6,555.99mm) | 214.74" (5,454.40mm) |
43.37" (1,101.59mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1969 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 |
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/