Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, September 1986
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
September 1986 1-Month |
3.59" (91.19mm) | 2.49" (63.25mm) |
1.10" (27.94mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1956 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1986 | ||||
|
Aug–Sep 1986 2-Month |
6.41" (162.81mm) | 5.11" (129.79mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1956 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1977 | ||||
|
Jul–Sep 1986 3-Month |
9.16" (232.66mm) | 7.88" (200.15mm) |
1.28" (32.51mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1930 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Sep 1986 4-Month |
12.19" (309.63mm) | 10.81" (274.57mm) |
1.38" (35.06mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1930 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1915 | ||||
|
May–Sep 1986 5-Month |
15.14" (384.56mm) | 13.72" (348.49mm) |
1.42" (36.07mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1956 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 1986 6-Month |
17.38" (441.45mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
1.14" (28.95mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1956 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1915 | ||||
|
Mar–Sep 1986 7-Month |
19.36" (491.74mm) | 18.75" (476.25mm) |
0.61" (15.49mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1956 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Sep 1986 8-Month |
22.18" (563.37mm) | 20.88" (530.35mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1930 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Sep 1986 9-Month |
23.63" (600.20mm) | 23.20" (589.28mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1916 | ||||||
|
Dec 1985–Sep 1986 10-Month |
25.09" (637.29mm) | 25.54" (648.72mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1931 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1985–Sep 1986 11-Month |
28.63" (727.20mm) | 27.77" (705.36mm) |
0.86" (21.84mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1985–Sep 1986 12-Month |
31.81" (807.97mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
1.87" (47.49mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1985–Sep 1986 18-Month |
47.60" (1,209.04mm) | 46.20" (1,173.48mm) |
1.40" (35.56mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1931 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1984–Sep 1986 24-Month |
62.59" (1,589.79mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
2.67" (67.82mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2020 | ||||
|
Oct 1983–Sep 1986 36-Month |
94.97" (2,412.24mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
5.10" (129.54mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1983 | 1956 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1982–Sep 1986 48-Month |
128.84" (3,272.54mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
9.06" (230.13mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1956 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1981–Sep 1986 60-Month |
161.14" (4,092.96mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
11.48" (291.60mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1956 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 6, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/