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 1949
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1949 1-Month |
2.49" (63.25mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
-0.13" (-3.30mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1929 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1977 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1949 2-Month |
5.57" (141.48mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
0.17" (4.32mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1930 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1972, 1974, 1986, 1987 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 1949 3-Month |
8.77" (222.76mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
0.45" (11.43mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1930 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1928 | ||||
| Ties: 1965, 1968, 2009 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1949 4-Month |
11.75" (298.45mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1936 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1949 5-Month |
13.84" (351.54mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
0.09" (2.29mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1948 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1949 6-Month |
16.31" (414.27mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1936 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1905 | ||||
| Ties: 1953 | ||||||
|
Feb–Aug 1949 7-Month |
18.71" (475.23mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
0.31" (7.87mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1934 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1907 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 1949 8-Month |
21.87" (555.50mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
1.16" (29.47mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2004 | ||||||
|
Dec 1948–Aug 1949 9-Month |
24.46" (621.28mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
1.41" (35.81mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1931 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1948–Aug 1949 10-Month |
27.85" (707.39mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
2.57" (65.28mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1948–Aug 1949 11-Month |
29.39" (746.51mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
1.94" (49.28mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1948–Aug 1949 12-Month |
31.20" (792.48mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
1.26" (32.00mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1948–Aug 1949 18-Month |
48.04" (1,220.22mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
1.82" (46.23mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1931 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1947–Aug 1949 24-Month |
61.77" (1,568.96mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
1.85" (46.99mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1918 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1946–Aug 1949 36-Month |
92.29" (2,344.17mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
2.43" (61.73mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1956 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1945–Aug 1949 48-Month |
123.38" (3,133.85mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
3.61" (91.69mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1956 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1944–Aug 1949 60-Month |
154.50" (3,924.30mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
4.86" (123.44mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1909 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 13, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/