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 December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, August 1975
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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August 1975 1-Month |
2.83" (71.88mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
0.21" (5.33mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1929 |
34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1977 | ||||
Ties: 1960 | ||||||
Jul–Aug 1975 2-Month |
5.80" (147.32mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
0.40" (10.16mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1930 |
27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1915 | ||||
Jun–Aug 1975 3-Month |
9.11" (231.39mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
0.79" (20.06mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1930 |
19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1928 | ||||
May–Aug 1975 4-Month |
12.39" (314.71mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
1.16" (29.47mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1936 |
17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1915 | ||||
Apr–Aug 1975 5-Month |
15.06" (382.52mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
1.31" (33.27mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1934 |
19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
Mar–Aug 1975 6-Month |
18.46" (468.88mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
2.20" (55.88mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1936 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1905 | ||||
Ties: 1995 | ||||||
Feb–Aug 1975 7-Month |
21.07" (535.18mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
2.67" (67.82mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1934 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1905 | 2019 | ||||
Jan–Aug 1975 8-Month |
23.68" (601.47mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
2.97" (75.44mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1934 |
6th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1974–Aug 1975 9-Month |
26.10" (662.94mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
3.05" (77.47mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1931 |
6th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Nov 1974–Aug 1975 10-Month |
28.28" (718.31mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
3.00" (76.20mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1934 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
Oct 1974–Aug 1975 11-Month |
30.29" (769.37mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
2.84" (72.14mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1934 |
13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
Sep 1974–Aug 1975 12-Month |
33.01" (838.45mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
3.07" (77.97mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1934 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2019 | ||||
Mar 1974–Aug 1975 18-Month |
49.47" (1,256.54mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
3.25" (82.55mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1931 |
19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1995 | ||||||
Sep 1973–Aug 1975 24-Month |
66.39" (1,686.31mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
6.47" (164.34mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1918 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2020 | ||||
Sep 1972–Aug 1975 36-Month |
100.82" (2,560.83mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
10.96" (278.39mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1956 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Sep 1971–Aug 1975 48-Month |
131.75" (3,346.45mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
11.98" (304.29mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1956 |
4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Sep 1970–Aug 1975 60-Month |
161.65" (4,105.91mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
12.01" (305.05mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1934 |
5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 27, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/