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 March 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, July 1989
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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July 1989 1-Month |
2.86" (72.64mm) | 2.78" (70.61mm) |
0.08" (2.03mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1930 |
54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1950, 1958 | ||||
Ties: 1911, 1921, 1926, 1998, 2018 | ||||||
Jun–Jul 1989 2-Month |
6.66" (169.16mm) | 5.70" (144.78mm) |
0.96" (24.38mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1930 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1928 | ||||
Ties: 1950 | ||||||
May–Jul 1989 3-Month |
9.92" (251.97mm) | 8.62" (218.95mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1988 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1981 | 2015 | ||||
Apr–Jul 1989 4-Month |
11.71" (297.43mm) | 11.13" (282.70mm) |
0.58" (14.73mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1934 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
Mar–Jul 1989 5-Month |
14.62" (371.35mm) | 13.64" (346.46mm) |
0.98" (24.89mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1936 |
29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1973 | ||||
Feb–Jul 1989 6-Month |
16.63" (422.40mm) | 15.78" (400.81mm) |
0.85" (21.59mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1934 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
Jan–Jul 1989 7-Month |
18.68" (474.47mm) | 18.09" (459.49mm) |
0.59" (14.98mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1934 |
50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1988–Jul 1989 8-Month |
20.37" (517.40mm) | 20.43" (518.92mm) |
-0.06" (-1.52mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1931 |
71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
Nov 1988–Jul 1989 9-Month |
23.54" (597.92mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
0.88" (22.36mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1934 |
48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
Oct 1988–Jul 1989 10-Month |
24.97" (634.24mm) | 24.83" (630.68mm) |
0.14" (3.56mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1934 |
66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
Sep 1988–Jul 1989 11-Month |
27.78" (705.61mm) | 27.33" (694.18mm) |
0.45" (11.43mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1934 |
62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1988–Jul 1989 12-Month |
30.35" (770.89mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
0.40" (10.16mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1918 |
63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
Feb 1988–Jul 1989 18-Month |
42.61" (1,082.29mm) | 45.74" (1,161.80mm) |
-3.13" (-79.51mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1931 |
109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1987–Jul 1989 24-Month |
56.08" (1,424.43mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-3.84" (-97.54mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1918 |
108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2020 | ||||
Aug 1986–Jul 1989 36-Month |
87.75" (2,228.85mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
-2.13" (-54.10mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1956 |
85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1985–Jul 1989 48-Month |
119.08" (3,024.63mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-0.70" (-17.78mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1956 |
71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1984–Jul 1989 60-Month |
148.27" (3,766.06mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
-1.37" (-34.80mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1934 |
77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 15, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/