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 1946
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1946 1-Month |
2.58" (65.53mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
-0.04" (-1.02mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1929 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1977 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1946 2-Month |
5.15" (130.81mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
-0.25" (-6.35mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1930 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1946 3-Month |
8.03" (203.96mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
-0.29" (-7.37mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1930 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1946 4-Month |
11.78" (299.21mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
0.55" (13.97mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1936 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1920 | ||||||
|
Apr–Aug 1946 5-Month |
13.44" (341.38mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
-0.31" (-7.87mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1934 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1904, 1929 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1946 6-Month |
16.11" (409.19mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
-0.15" (-3.81mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1936 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1946 7-Month |
18.17" (461.52mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-0.23" (-5.84mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1934 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1946 8-Month |
20.71" (526.03mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
0.00" (0.00mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1934 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1945–Aug 1946 9-Month |
23.41" (594.61mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
0.36" (9.14mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1931 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1945–Aug 1946 10-Month |
25.65" (651.51mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
0.37" (9.40mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1945–Aug 1946 11-Month |
27.65" (702.31mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
0.20" (5.08mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1945–Aug 1946 12-Month |
31.09" (789.69mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
1.15" (29.21mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1992 | ||||||
|
Mar 1945–Aug 1946 18-Month |
49.19" (1,249.43mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
2.97" (75.44mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1931 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1944–Aug 1946 24-Month |
62.21" (1,580.13mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
2.29" (58.16mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1918 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1943–Aug 1946 36-Month |
91.33" (2,319.78mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
1.47" (37.34mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1956 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1951 | ||||||
|
Sep 1942–Aug 1946 48-Month |
121.32" (3,081.53mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
1.55" (39.37mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1956 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1941–Aug 1946 60-Month |
153.96" (3,910.58mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
4.32" (109.72mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1934 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1909 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 8, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/