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.
Colorado
Precipitation Rankings, April 1980
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
April 1980 1-Month |
2.36" (59.94mm) | 1.84" (46.74mm) |
0.52" (13.20mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2002 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1900 | ||||
| Ties: 2009 | ||||||
|
Mar–Apr 1980 2-Month |
4.37" (111.00mm) | 3.35" (85.09mm) |
1.02" (25.91mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2002 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1906 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 1980 3-Month |
6.11" (155.19mm) | 4.44" (112.78mm) |
1.67" (42.41mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2002 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1905 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 1980 4-Month |
8.43" (214.12mm) | 5.51" (139.95mm) |
2.92" (74.17mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2002 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1905 | ||||
|
Dec 1979–Apr 1980 5-Month |
9.38" (238.25mm) | 6.58" (167.13mm) |
2.80" (71.12mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2002 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1905 | ||||
|
Nov 1979–Apr 1980 6-Month |
10.83" (275.08mm) | 7.65" (194.31mm) |
3.18" (80.77mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1904 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1905 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1979–Apr 1980 7-Month |
11.99" (304.55mm) | 8.98" (228.09mm) |
3.01" (76.46mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2002 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1942 | ||||
| Ties: 1909 | ||||||
|
Sep 1979–Apr 1980 8-Month |
12.52" (318.01mm) | 10.41" (264.41mm) |
2.11" (53.60mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1902, 2002 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1942 | ||||
|
Aug 1979–Apr 1980 9-Month |
14.86" (377.44mm) | 12.42" (315.47mm) |
2.44" (61.97mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2002 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jul 1979–Apr 1980 10-Month |
16.56" (420.62mm) | 14.52" (368.81mm) |
2.04" (51.81mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1902 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 1979–Apr 1980 11-Month |
18.36" (466.34mm) | 16.07" (408.18mm) |
2.29" (58.16mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1981 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1942 | ||||
|
May 1979–Apr 1980 12-Month |
21.40" (543.56mm) | 18.08" (459.23mm) |
3.32" (84.33mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2013 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1942 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Apr 1980 18-Month |
31.47" (799.34mm) | 25.76" (654.30mm) |
5.71" (145.04mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2013 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1942 | ||||
|
May 1978–Apr 1980 24-Month |
39.90" (1,013.46mm) | 36.16" (918.46mm) |
3.74" (95.00mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1902 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1942 | ||||
|
May 1977–Apr 1980 36-Month |
57.34" (1,456.44mm) | 54.22" (1,377.19mm) |
3.12" (79.25mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1955 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 1985 | ||||
|
May 1976–Apr 1980 48-Month |
71.31" (1,811.27mm) | 72.24" (1,834.90mm) |
-0.93" (-23.63mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1904 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1986 | ||||
|
May 1975–Apr 1980 60-Month |
86.70" (2,202.18mm) | 90.24" (2,292.10mm) |
-3.54" (-89.92mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1957 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1987 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/