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 January 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, August 1937
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1937 1-Month |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
-0.07" (-1.78mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1929 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1907, 1950, 1982 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1937 2-Month |
5.17" (131.32mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
-0.23" (-5.84mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1930 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1937 3-Month |
8.28" (210.31mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
-0.04" (-1.02mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1930 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 1928 | ||||
| Ties: 1902, 1944, 1971 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1937 4-Month |
10.61" (269.49mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
-0.62" (-15.75mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1936 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1937 5-Month |
13.29" (337.57mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
-0.46" (-11.68mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1934 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1937 6-Month |
15.44" (392.18mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
-0.82" (-20.82mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1936 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1937 7-Month |
17.66" (448.56mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-0.74" (-18.80mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1934 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1937 8-Month |
21.31" (541.27mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
0.60" (15.24mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1934 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1936–Aug 1937 9-Month |
24.10" (612.14mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
1.05" (26.67mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1931 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1936–Aug 1937 10-Month |
25.24" (641.10mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
-0.04" (-1.01mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1934 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1936–Aug 1937 11-Month |
27.32" (693.93mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
-0.13" (-3.30mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1934 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1936–Aug 1937 12-Month |
30.31" (769.87mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
0.37" (9.39mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1934 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1936–Aug 1937 18-Month |
43.09" (1,094.49mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
-3.13" (-79.50mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1931 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1896 | ||||||
|
Sep 1935–Aug 1937 24-Month |
56.48" (1,434.59mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-3.44" (-87.38mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 1918 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1934–Aug 1937 36-Month |
87.55" (2,223.77mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-2.31" (-58.67mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1956 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1929 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1933–Aug 1937 48-Month |
111.63" (2,835.40mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
-8.14" (-206.76mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1956 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1932–Aug 1937 60-Month |
140.94" (3,579.88mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
-8.70" (-220.98mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1934 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 2, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/