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.
Alaska
Precipitation Rankings, August 2018
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| Period | Value | 1925-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1925-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 2018 1-Month |
6.53" (165.86mm) | 4.37" (111.00mm) |
2.16" (54.86mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1941 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2018 2-Month |
9.30" (236.22mm) | 7.66" (194.56mm) |
1.64" (41.66mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1932 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 2018 3-Month |
12.31" (312.67mm) | 10.00" (254.00mm) |
2.31" (58.67mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1957 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2014 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2018 4-Month |
15.29" (388.37mm) | 12.11" (307.59mm) |
3.18" (80.78mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1998 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2018 5-Month |
17.37" (441.20mm) | 14.00" (355.60mm) |
3.37" (85.60mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1957 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1998 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2018 6-Month |
19.40" (492.76mm) | 16.23" (412.24mm) |
3.17" (80.52mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1957 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1998 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2018 7-Month |
21.48" (545.59mm) | 18.55" (471.17mm) |
2.93" (74.42mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1957 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1963 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2018 8-Month |
23.92" (607.57mm) | 21.28" (540.51mm) |
2.64" (67.06mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1969 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1963 | ||||
|
Dec 2017–Aug 2018 9-Month |
27.47" (697.74mm) | 24.38" (619.25mm) |
3.09" (78.49mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1969 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1944 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–Aug 2018 10-Month |
29.81" (757.17mm) | 27.76" (705.10mm) |
2.05" (52.07mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1969 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1944 | ||||
|
Oct 2017–Aug 2018 11-Month |
35.04" (890.02mm) | 32.15" (816.61mm) |
2.89" (73.41mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1969 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1944 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2018 12-Month |
40.36" (1,025.14mm) | 36.70" (932.18mm) |
3.66" (92.96mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1969 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1944 | ||||
|
Mar 2017–Aug 2018 18-Month |
56.74" (1,441.20mm) | 52.92" (1,344.17mm) |
3.82" (97.03mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1969 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1944 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2018 24-Month |
74.57" (1,894.08mm) | 73.26" (1,860.80mm) |
1.31" (33.28mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1969 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1930 | ||||
| Ties: 1999 | ||||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2018 36-Month |
116.46" (2,958.08mm) | 109.83" (2,789.68mm) |
6.63" (168.40mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1974 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1931 | ||||
|
Sep 2014–Aug 2018 48-Month |
152.53" (3,874.26mm) | 146.33" (3,716.78mm) |
6.20" (157.48mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1972 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1932 | ||||
|
Sep 2013–Aug 2018 60-Month |
194.92" (4,950.97mm) | 182.81" (4,643.37mm) |
12.11" (307.60mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1976 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1941 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/