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 1980
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1980 1-Month |
2.57" (65.28mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1929 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1988 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1980 2-Month |
4.54" (115.32mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
-0.86" (-21.84mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1930 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1913 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 1980 3-Month |
6.85" (173.99mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
-1.47" (-37.34mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1930 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1980 4-Month |
9.94" (252.48mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
-1.29" (-32.76mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1936 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1980 5-Month |
12.32" (312.93mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
-1.43" (-36.32mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1934 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1980 6-Month |
15.71" (399.03mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
-0.55" (-13.97mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1980 7-Month |
17.63" (447.80mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-0.77" (-19.56mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1934 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1980 8-Month |
20.28" (515.11mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
-0.43" (-10.92mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1934 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1979–Aug 1980 9-Month |
22.14" (562.36mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
-0.91" (-23.11mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1979–Aug 1980 10-Month |
24.48" (621.79mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
-0.80" (-20.32mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1934 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1979–Aug 1980 11-Month |
26.68" (677.67mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
-0.77" (-19.56mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1934 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1979–Aug 1980 12-Month |
29.19" (741.43mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-0.75" (-19.05mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1934 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1979–Aug 1980 18-Month |
47.12" (1,196.85mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
0.90" (22.86mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–Aug 1980 24-Month |
61.71" (1,567.43mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
1.79" (45.46mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1959 | ||||||
|
Sep 1977–Aug 1980 36-Month |
94.16" (2,391.66mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
4.30" (109.22mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1956 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1976–Aug 1980 48-Month |
120.97" (3,072.64mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
1.20" (30.48mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1956 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1975–Aug 1980 60-Month |
149.27" (3,791.46mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
-0.37" (-9.40mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1934 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 19, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/