Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, August 1987
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1987 1-Month |
2.74" (69.60mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
0.12" (3.05mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1929 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1955 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1987 2-Month |
5.57" (141.48mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
0.17" (4.32mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1930 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1949, 1972, 1974, 1986 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 1987 3-Month |
8.38" (212.85mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
0.06" (1.52mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1930 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1987 4-Month |
11.62" (295.15mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
0.39" (9.91mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1936 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1972 | ||||||
|
Apr–Aug 1987 5-Month |
13.08" (332.23mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
-0.67" (-17.02mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1901 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1987 6-Month |
15.75" (400.05mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
-0.51" (-12.95mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1936 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1987 7-Month |
18.08" (459.23mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-0.32" (-8.13mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1999 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 1987 8-Month |
20.25" (514.35mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
-0.46" (-11.68mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1934 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1986–Aug 1987 9-Month |
22.25" (565.15mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
-0.80" (-20.32mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1931 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1986–Aug 1987 10-Month |
25.19" (639.83mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
-0.09" (-2.28mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1934 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1943 | ||||||
|
Oct 1986–Aug 1987 11-Month |
28.00" (711.20mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
0.55" (13.97mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1986–Aug 1987 12-Month |
31.59" (802.39mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
1.65" (41.91mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1934 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1986–Aug 1987 18-Month |
47.36" (1,202.94mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
1.14" (28.95mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1931 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1985–Aug 1987 24-Month |
62.81" (1,595.37mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
2.89" (73.40mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1918 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1984–Aug 1987 36-Month |
92.50" (2,349.50mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
2.64" (67.06mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1983–Aug 1987 48-Month |
125.23" (3,180.84mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
5.46" (138.68mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1983 | 1956 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1982–Aug 1987 60-Month |
159.29" (4,045.97mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
9.65" (245.11mm) | 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 February 2021, retrieved on March 7, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/