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 1948
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1948 1-Month |
2.24" (56.90mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
-0.38" (-9.65mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1929 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1977 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1948 2-Month |
5.30" (134.62mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
-0.10" (-2.54mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1930 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1991 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 1948 3-Month |
8.53" (216.66mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
0.21" (5.33mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1930 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1928 | ||||
| Ties: 1994 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1948 4-Month |
11.30" (287.02mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
0.07" (1.78mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1936 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1948 5-Month |
13.84" (351.54mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
0.09" (2.29mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1934 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1949 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1948 6-Month |
16.84" (427.74mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
0.58" (14.74mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1936 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1948 7-Month |
19.38" (492.25mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
0.98" (24.89mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1934 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1981, 2008 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 1948 8-Month |
21.36" (542.54mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
0.65" (16.51mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1934 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1919 | ||||||
|
Dec 1947–Aug 1948 9-Month |
23.35" (593.09mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1931 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1947–Aug 1948 10-Month |
26.13" (663.70mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
0.85" (21.59mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1934 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1947–Aug 1948 11-Month |
28.41" (721.61mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
0.96" (24.38mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1934 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1947–Aug 1948 12-Month |
30.57" (776.48mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
0.63" (16.00mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1934 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1947–Aug 1948 18-Month |
47.25" (1,200.15mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
1.03" (26.16mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1931 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1946–Aug 1948 24-Month |
61.09" (1,551.69mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
1.17" (29.72mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1918 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1945–Aug 1948 36-Month |
92.18" (2,341.37mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
2.32" (58.93mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1956 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1944–Aug 1948 48-Month |
123.30" (3,131.82mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
3.53" (89.66mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1956 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1943–Aug 1948 60-Month |
152.42" (3,871.47mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
2.78" (70.61mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1934 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1951 | ||||||
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/