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 February 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, August 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1979 1-Month |
2.99" (75.95mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
0.37" (9.40mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1929 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 2005 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1979 2-Month |
6.29" (159.77mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
0.89" (22.61mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1979 3-Month |
8.83" (224.28mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
0.51" (12.95mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1928 | ||||
| Ties: 2005 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1979 4-Month |
12.06" (306.32mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
0.83" (21.08mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1936 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1979 5-Month |
15.13" (384.30mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
1.38" (35.05mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1934 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1979 6-Month |
17.93" (455.42mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
1.67" (42.42mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1936 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1979 7-Month |
20.53" (521.46mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
2.13" (54.10mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1934 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1979 8-Month |
23.84" (605.54mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
3.13" (79.51mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1934 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1978–Aug 1979 9-Month |
26.37" (669.80mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
3.32" (84.33mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Aug 1979 10-Month |
28.97" (735.84mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
3.69" (93.73mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1934 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1978–Aug 1979 11-Month |
30.08" (764.03mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
2.63" (66.80mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1934 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–Aug 1979 12-Month |
32.52" (826.01mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
2.58" (65.53mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1934 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1912 | ||||||
|
Mar 1978–Aug 1979 18-Month |
49.03" (1,245.36mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
2.81" (71.37mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1977–Aug 1979 24-Month |
64.97" (1,650.24mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
5.05" (128.27mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1976–Aug 1979 36-Month |
91.78" (2,331.21mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
1.92" (48.77mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1956 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1975–Aug 1979 48-Month |
120.08" (3,050.03mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
0.31" (7.87mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1956 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1974–Aug 1979 60-Month |
153.09" (3,888.49mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
3.45" (87.63mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1934 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published March 2021, retrieved on March 8, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/