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, August 2004
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 2004 1-Month |
3.04" (77.22mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
0.42" (10.67mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1929 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1903 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 2004 2-Month |
6.09" (154.69mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
0.69" (17.53mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1930 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2004 3-Month |
9.60" (243.84mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
1.28" (32.51mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1930 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2004 4-Month |
12.94" (328.68mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
1.71" (43.44mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1936 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2004 5-Month |
15.44" (392.18mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
1.69" (42.93mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1934 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2004 6-Month |
17.45" (443.23mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
1.19" (30.23mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1936 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2004 7-Month |
19.90" (505.46mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
1.50" (38.10mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1934 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2004 8-Month |
21.87" (555.50mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
1.16" (29.47mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1934 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1949 | ||||||
|
Dec 2003–Aug 2004 9-Month |
24.25" (615.95mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
1.20" (30.48mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1931 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2003–Aug 2004 10-Month |
26.80" (680.72mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
1.52" (38.61mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1934 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2003–Aug 2004 11-Month |
28.63" (727.20mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
1.18" (29.97mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1934 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2003–Aug 2004 12-Month |
31.45" (798.83mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
1.51" (38.35mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1934 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2003–Aug 2004 18-Month |
48.48" (1,231.39mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
2.26" (57.40mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1931 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2002–Aug 2004 24-Month |
63.05" (1,601.47mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
3.13" (79.50mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1918 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2001–Aug 2004 36-Month |
90.69" (2,303.53mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
0.83" (21.09mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1956 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2000–Aug 2004 48-Month |
119.33" (3,030.98mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
-0.44" (-11.18mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1956 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1999–Aug 2004 60-Month |
145.93" (3,706.62mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
-3.71" (-94.24mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1934 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 14, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/