Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Colorado
Precipitation Rankings, March 1980
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 1980 1-Month |
2.01" (51.05mm) | 1.52" (38.61mm) |
0.49" (12.44mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1966 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1906 | ||||
| Ties: 1975 | ||||||
|
Feb–Mar 1980 2-Month |
3.75" (95.25mm) | 2.61" (66.29mm) |
1.14" (28.96mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1966 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1905 | ||||
| Ties: 1906 | ||||||
|
Jan–Mar 1980 3-Month |
6.07" (154.18mm) | 3.67" (93.22mm) |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1966 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1980 | ||||
|
Dec 1979–Mar 1980 4-Month |
7.02" (178.31mm) | 4.74" (120.40mm) |
2.28" (57.91mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1979–Mar 1980 5-Month |
8.47" (215.14mm) | 5.81" (147.57mm) |
2.66" (67.57mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1979 | ||||
| Ties: 1984 | ||||||
|
Oct 1979–Mar 1980 6-Month |
9.63" (244.60mm) | 7.14" (181.36mm) |
2.49" (63.24mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1977 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1909 | ||||
|
Sep 1979–Mar 1980 7-Month |
10.16" (258.06mm) | 8.57" (217.68mm) |
1.59" (40.38mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1902 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1942 | ||||
|
Aug 1979–Mar 1980 8-Month |
12.50" (317.50mm) | 10.58" (268.73mm) |
1.92" (48.77mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1901 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1942 | ||||
| Ties: 1993 | ||||||
|
Jul 1979–Mar 1980 9-Month |
14.20" (360.68mm) | 12.68" (322.07mm) |
1.52" (38.61mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1901 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 1979–Mar 1980 10-Month |
16.00" (406.40mm) | 14.23" (361.44mm) |
1.77" (44.96mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1901 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1942 | ||||
|
May 1979–Mar 1980 11-Month |
19.04" (483.62mm) | 16.25" (412.75mm) |
2.79" (70.87mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1901 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1942 | ||||
|
Apr 1979–Mar 1980 12-Month |
20.18" (512.57mm) | 18.13" (460.50mm) |
2.05" (52.07mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1935 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1942 | ||||
|
Oct 1978–Mar 1980 18-Month |
30.20" (767.08mm) | 25.26" (641.60mm) |
4.94" (125.48mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1935 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1942 | ||||
|
Apr 1978–Mar 1980 24-Month |
39.01" (990.85mm) | 36.17" (918.72mm) |
2.84" (72.13mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1977 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1943 | ||||
|
Apr 1977–Mar 1980 36-Month |
57.00" (1,447.80mm) | 54.22" (1,377.19mm) |
2.78" (70.61mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1977 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 1943 | ||||
|
Apr 1976–Mar 1980 48-Month |
70.62" (1,793.75mm) | 72.23" (1,834.64mm) |
-1.61" (-40.89mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2004 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1987 | ||||
|
Apr 1975–Mar 1980 60-Month |
85.86" (2,180.84mm) | 90.23" (2,291.84mm) |
-4.37" (-111.00mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1957 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1987 | ||||
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/