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 March 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, August 1947
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1947 1-Month |
2.39" (60.71mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
-0.23" (-5.84mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1929 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1977 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1947 2-Month |
4.38" (111.25mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
-1.02" (-25.91mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1930 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1947 3-Month |
8.21" (208.53mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
-0.11" (-2.80mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1930 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1928 | ||||
| Ties: 1974 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1947 4-Month |
11.40" (289.56mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
0.17" (4.32mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1936 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1947 5-Month |
14.41" (366.01mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
0.66" (16.76mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1934 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1990 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1947 6-Month |
16.68" (423.67mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
0.42" (10.67mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1936 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1905 | ||||
| Ties: 1898 | ||||||
|
Feb–Aug 1947 7-Month |
17.71" (449.83mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-0.69" (-17.53mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1934 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1947 8-Month |
20.14" (511.56mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
-0.57" (-14.47mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1934 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1972 | ||||||
|
Dec 1946–Aug 1947 9-Month |
22.08" (560.83mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
-0.97" (-24.64mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1931 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1946–Aug 1947 10-Month |
25.16" (639.06mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
-0.12" (-3.05mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1934 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1946–Aug 1947 11-Month |
27.88" (708.15mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1934 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1946–Aug 1947 12-Month |
30.52" (775.21mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
0.58" (14.73mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1946–Aug 1947 18-Month |
46.63" (1,184.40mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
0.41" (10.41mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1931 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1945–Aug 1947 24-Month |
61.61" (1,564.89mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
1.69" (42.92mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1918 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1944–Aug 1947 36-Month |
92.73" (2,355.34mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
2.87" (72.90mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1956 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1943–Aug 1947 48-Month |
121.85" (3,094.99mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
2.08" (52.83mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1956 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1942–Aug 1947 60-Month |
151.84" (3,856.74mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
2.20" (55.88mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 14, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/