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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, October 1951
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1951 1-Month |
2.30" (58.42mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.14" (3.56mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1952 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1975 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 1951 2-Month |
4.87" (123.70mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
0.22" (5.59mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1952 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1983, 2017 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 1951 3-Month |
7.48" (189.99mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
0.21" (5.33mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1952 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1951 4-Month |
10.33" (262.38mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
0.28" (7.11mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1952 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1951 5-Month |
13.77" (349.76mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
0.80" (20.32mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1952 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1941 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1951 6-Month |
16.14" (409.96mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
0.26" (6.61mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1952 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1951 7-Month |
18.49" (469.65mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
0.09" (2.29mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1952 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1951 8-Month |
21.09" (535.69mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
0.18" (4.58mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1956 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1951 9-Month |
23.36" (593.34mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
0.32" (8.12mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1951 10-Month |
25.70" (652.78mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
0.34" (8.64mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1950–Oct 1951 11-Month |
27.63" (701.80mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
-0.07" (-1.78mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1931 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1950–Oct 1951 12-Month |
29.73" (755.14mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
-0.20" (-5.08mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1950–Oct 1951 18-Month |
46.41" (1,178.81mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
0.58" (14.73mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1931 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1949–Oct 1951 24-Month |
59.98" (1,523.49mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
0.08" (2.03mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1931 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1948–Oct 1951 36-Month |
92.85" (2,358.39mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
2.99" (75.95mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1956 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1947–Oct 1951 48-Month |
122.33" (3,107.18mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1956 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1946–Oct 1951 60-Month |
151.93" (3,859.02mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
2.27" (57.66mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1934 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 20, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/