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, August 2006
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2006 1-Month |
2.80" (71.12mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
0.18" (4.57mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1929 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1965 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 2006 2-Month |
5.26" (133.60mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
-0.14" (-3.56mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1930 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1984 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 2006 3-Month |
7.82" (198.63mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
-0.50" (-12.70mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1930 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1928 | ||||
| Ties: 1922 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 2006 4-Month |
10.11" (256.79mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
-1.12" (-28.45mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1936 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2006 5-Month |
12.65" (321.31mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1934 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1897 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 2006 6-Month |
14.96" (379.98mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
-1.30" (-33.02mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1936 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2006 7-Month |
16.48" (418.59mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-1.92" (-48.77mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1934 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2006 8-Month |
19.09" (484.89mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
-1.62" (-41.14mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1934 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2005–Aug 2006 9-Month |
21.38" (543.05mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
-1.67" (-42.42mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1931 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2005–Aug 2006 10-Month |
23.60" (599.44mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
-1.68" (-42.67mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1934 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2005–Aug 2006 11-Month |
25.97" (659.64mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
-1.48" (-37.59mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1934 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2005–Aug 2006 12-Month |
27.91" (708.91mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-2.03" (-51.57mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1934 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2005–Aug 2006 18-Month |
44.41" (1,128.01mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
-1.81" (-45.98mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1931 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2004–Aug 2006 24-Month |
60.55" (1,537.97mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
0.63" (16.00mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1918 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2003–Aug 2006 36-Month |
92.00" (2,336.80mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
2.14" (54.36mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1956 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2002–Aug 2006 48-Month |
123.60" (3,139.44mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
3.83" (97.28mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1956 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2001–Aug 2006 60-Month |
151.24" (3,841.50mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
1.60" (40.64mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1934 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 23, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/