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 December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, August 1929
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1929 1-Month |
1.80" (45.72mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
-0.82" (-20.83mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1929 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1977 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1929 2-Month |
4.37" (111.00mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
-1.03" (-26.16mm) | 4th Driest | Driest to Date | 1930 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1929 3-Month |
7.00" (177.80mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
-1.32" (-33.53mm) | 6th Driest | Driest to Date | 1930 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1929 4-Month |
10.51" (266.95mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
-0.72" (-18.29mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1936 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1929 5-Month |
13.44" (341.38mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
-0.31" (-7.87mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1934 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1904, 1946 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1929 6-Month |
16.25" (412.75mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
-0.01" (-0.25mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1936 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1929 7-Month |
18.27" (464.06mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-0.13" (-3.30mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1934 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1929 8-Month |
20.63" (524.00mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
-0.08" (-2.03mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1934 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1928–Aug 1929 9-Month |
22.37" (568.20mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
-0.68" (-17.27mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1931 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1928–Aug 1929 10-Month |
24.52" (622.81mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
-0.76" (-19.30mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1934 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1928–Aug 1929 11-Month |
26.75" (679.45mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
-0.70" (-17.78mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1934 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1928–Aug 1929 12-Month |
28.86" (733.04mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-1.08" (-27.44mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1934 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1928–Aug 1929 18-Month |
47.01" (1,194.05mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
0.79" (20.06mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1931 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1927–Aug 1929 24-Month |
60.39" (1,533.91mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
0.47" (11.94mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1918 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1926–Aug 1929 36-Month |
93.45" (2,373.63mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
3.59" (91.19mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1927 | 1956 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1992 | ||||||
|
Sep 1925–Aug 1929 48-Month |
122.82" (3,119.63mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
3.05" (77.47mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1956 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1924–Aug 1929 60-Month |
148.53" (3,772.66mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
-1.11" (-28.20mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1934 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 26, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/