Climate at a Glance
National 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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, January 1920
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 1920 1-Month |
2.21" (56.13mm) | 2.31" (58.67mm) |
-0.10" (-2.54mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1981 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1918 | 1916 | ||||
| Ties: 1962, 2008 | ||||||
|
Dec 1919–Jan 1920 2-Month |
4.02" (102.11mm) | 4.66" (118.36mm) |
-0.64" (-16.25mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1981 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1926 | ||||||
|
Nov 1919–Jan 1920 3-Month |
6.82" (173.23mm) | 6.89" (175.01mm) |
-0.07" (-1.78mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1977 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 2012 | ||||||
|
Oct 1919–Jan 1920 4-Month |
10.27" (260.86mm) | 9.06" (230.12mm) |
1.21" (30.74mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1981 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1919–Jan 1920 5-Month |
12.61" (320.29mm) | 11.55" (293.37mm) |
1.06" (26.92mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1940 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1919–Jan 1920 6-Month |
15.09" (383.29mm) | 14.17" (359.92mm) |
0.92" (23.37mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1940 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1919–Jan 1920 7-Month |
18.13" (460.50mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
1.17" (29.72mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1940 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1919–Jan 1920 8-Month |
21.10" (535.94mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
1.22" (30.99mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1981 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1919–Jan 1920 9-Month |
24.30" (617.22mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
1.51" (38.35mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1918 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 1919–Jan 1920 10-Month |
26.71" (678.43mm) | 25.32" (643.13mm) |
1.39" (35.30mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1940 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 1919–Jan 1920 11-Month |
29.42" (747.27mm) | 27.83" (706.88mm) |
1.59" (40.39mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1957 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1919–Jan 1920 12-Month |
32.06" (814.32mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
2.10" (53.34mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1931 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 1918–Jan 1920 18-Month |
46.78" (1,188.21mm) | 44.14" (1,121.16mm) |
2.64" (67.05mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1955 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1918–Jan 1920 24-Month |
60.34" (1,532.64mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
0.41" (10.42mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1918 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1917–Jan 1920 36-Month |
85.91" (2,182.11mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-3.95" (-100.33mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1957 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1918 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1916–Jan 1920 48-Month |
113.73" (2,888.74mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
-6.03" (-153.16mm) | 13th Driest | Driest to Date | 1957 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1915–Jan 1920 60-Month |
147.54" (3,747.52mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
-2.09" (-53.08mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1957 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 23, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/