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 1950
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1950 1-Month |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
-0.07" (-1.78mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1929 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1907, 1937, 1982 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1950 2-Month |
6.41" (162.81mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
1.01" (25.65mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1930 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1950 3-Month |
9.21" (233.93mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
0.89" (22.60mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1930 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1950 4-Month |
12.09" (307.09mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
0.86" (21.85mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1936 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1950 5-Month |
14.17" (359.92mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
0.42" (10.67mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1934 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1950 6-Month |
16.66" (423.16mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
0.40" (10.16mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1936 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1905 | ||||
| Ties: 1900, 1964 | ||||||
|
Feb–Aug 1950 7-Month |
18.89" (479.81mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
0.49" (12.45mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1934 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1950 8-Month |
22.25" (565.15mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
1.54" (39.12mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1934 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1949–Aug 1950 9-Month |
24.47" (621.54mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
1.42" (36.07mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1931 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1927 | ||||||
|
Nov 1949–Aug 1950 10-Month |
25.66" (651.76mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
0.38" (9.65mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1934 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1990 | ||||||
|
Oct 1949–Aug 1950 11-Month |
28.46" (722.88mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
1.01" (25.65mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1949–Aug 1950 12-Month |
30.68" (779.27mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
0.74" (18.79mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1949–Aug 1950 18-Month |
46.99" (1,193.55mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
0.77" (19.56mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1931 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1909 | ||||||
|
Sep 1948–Aug 1950 24-Month |
61.88" (1,571.75mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
1.96" (49.78mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1918 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1947–Aug 1950 36-Month |
92.45" (2,348.23mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
2.59" (65.79mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1956 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1946–Aug 1950 48-Month |
122.97" (3,123.44mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
3.20" (81.28mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1956 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1945–Aug 1950 60-Month |
154.06" (3,913.12mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
4.42" (112.26mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 5, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/