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 September 2019. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, March 1951
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
March 1951 1-Month |
2.60" (66.04mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
0.09" (2.29mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1910 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Mar 1951 2-Month |
4.87" (123.70mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
0.23" (5.84mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1910 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1949 | ||||||
|
Jan–Mar 1951 3-Month |
7.21" (183.13mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
0.25" (6.35mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1910 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1978 | ||||||
|
Dec 1950–Mar 1951 4-Month |
9.14" (232.16mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
-0.16" (-4.06mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1981 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1983, 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1950–Mar 1951 5-Month |
11.24" (285.50mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
-0.29" (-7.36mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1977 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1950–Mar 1951 6-Month |
13.14" (333.76mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
-0.56" (-14.22mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1918 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1990 | ||||||
|
Sep 1950–Mar 1951 7-Month |
15.83" (402.08mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
-0.36" (-9.15mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1918 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1950–Mar 1951 8-Month |
18.38" (466.85mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
-0.44" (-11.18mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1918 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1950–Mar 1951 9-Month |
22.24" (564.90mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
0.64" (16.26mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1918 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1950–Mar 1951 10-Month |
25.04" (636.02mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
0.51" (12.96mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1918 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1924 | ||||||
|
May 1950–Mar 1951 11-Month |
27.92" (709.17mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
0.49" (12.45mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1918 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1950–Mar 1951 12-Month |
30.00" (762.00mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
0.04" (1.02mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1918 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1949–Mar 1951 18-Month |
44.29" (1,124.97mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
0.61" (15.50mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1918 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1974 | ||||
|
Apr 1949–Mar 1951 24-Month |
60.35" (1,532.89mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1955 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1998 | ||||
|
Apr 1948–Mar 1951 36-Month |
91.55" (2,325.37mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
1.68" (42.67mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1955 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1998 | ||||
|
Apr 1947–Mar 1951 48-Month |
122.69" (3,116.33mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
2.93" (74.43mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1957 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1946–Mar 1951 60-Month |
152.24" (3,866.90mm) | 149.62" (3,800.35mm) |
2.62" (66.55mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1957 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published October 2019, retrieved on October 13, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/