Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, August 1988
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1988 1-Month |
2.57" (65.28mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1929 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1980 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1988 2-Month |
5.27" (133.86mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
-0.13" (-3.30mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1930 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1944 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 1988 3-Month |
6.88" (174.75mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
-1.44" (-36.58mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1930 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1988 4-Month |
8.95" (227.33mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
-2.28" (-57.91mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1936 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1988 5-Month |
11.27" (286.26mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
-2.48" (-62.99mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1934 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1988 6-Month |
13.31" (338.07mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
-2.95" (-74.93mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1936 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1988 7-Month |
14.83" (376.68mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-3.57" (-90.68mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1934 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1988 8-Month |
16.80" (426.72mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
-3.91" (-99.31mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1934 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1987–Aug 1988 9-Month |
19.67" (499.62mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
-3.38" (-85.85mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1931 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1987–Aug 1988 10-Month |
22.22" (564.39mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
-3.06" (-77.72mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1934 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1987–Aug 1988 11-Month |
23.37" (593.60mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
-4.08" (-103.63mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1934 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1987–Aug 1988 12-Month |
25.56" (649.22mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-4.38" (-111.26mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1934 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1987–Aug 1988 18-Month |
41.31" (1,049.27mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
-4.91" (-124.72mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1931 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1986–Aug 1988 24-Month |
57.15" (1,451.61mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-2.77" (-70.36mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1918 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1985–Aug 1988 36-Month |
88.37" (2,244.60mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-1.49" (-37.84mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1956 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1984–Aug 1988 48-Month |
118.06" (2,998.72mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
-1.71" (-43.44mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1956 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
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Sep 1983–Aug 1988 60-Month |
150.79" (3,830.07mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
1.15" (29.21mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1934 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 2, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/