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, July 1987
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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July 1987 1-Month |
2.83" (71.88mm) | 2.78" (70.61mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1930 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1950, 1958 | ||||
| Ties: 1933, 1984 | ||||||
|
Jun–Jul 1987 2-Month |
5.64" (143.26mm) | 5.70" (144.78mm) |
-0.06" (-1.52mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1930 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Jul 1987 3-Month |
8.88" (225.55mm) | 8.62" (218.95mm) |
0.26" (6.60mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1988 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Jul 1987 4-Month |
10.34" (262.64mm) | 11.13" (282.70mm) |
-0.79" (-20.06mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Jul 1987 5-Month |
13.01" (330.45mm) | 13.64" (346.46mm) |
-0.63" (-16.01mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1936 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1940 | ||||||
|
Feb–Jul 1987 6-Month |
15.34" (389.64mm) | 15.78" (400.81mm) |
-0.44" (-11.17mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Jul 1987 7-Month |
17.51" (444.75mm) | 18.09" (459.49mm) |
-0.58" (-14.74mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1934 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1986–Jul 1987 8-Month |
19.51" (495.55mm) | 20.43" (518.92mm) |
-0.92" (-23.37mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1931 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1986–Jul 1987 9-Month |
22.45" (570.23mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
-0.21" (-5.33mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1934 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1986–Jul 1987 10-Month |
25.26" (641.60mm) | 24.83" (630.68mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1900 | ||||||
|
Sep 1986–Jul 1987 11-Month |
28.85" (732.79mm) | 27.33" (694.18mm) |
1.52" (38.61mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1934 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1986–Jul 1987 12-Month |
31.67" (804.42mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
1.72" (43.69mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1918 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 1986–Jul 1987 18-Month |
47.44" (1,204.98mm) | 45.74" (1,161.80mm) |
1.70" (43.18mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1931 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1985–Jul 1987 24-Month |
63.00" (1,600.20mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
3.08" (78.23mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1918 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 1984–Jul 1987 36-Month |
92.19" (2,341.63mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
2.31" (58.68mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1983–Jul 1987 48-Month |
124.86" (3,171.44mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
5.08" (129.03mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1983 | 1956 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1982–Jul 1987 60-Month |
159.10" (4,041.14mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
9.46" (240.28mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 18, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/