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 January 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, August 2008
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2008 1-Month |
3.05" (77.47mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1929 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1912 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 2008 2-Month |
5.85" (148.59mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
0.45" (11.43mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1981 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 2008 3-Month |
8.85" (224.79mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
0.53" (13.46mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2008 4-Month |
11.85" (300.99mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
0.62" (15.75mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1936 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2008 5-Month |
14.39" (365.51mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
0.64" (16.26mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2008 6-Month |
16.91" (429.51mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
0.65" (16.51mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1936 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2008 7-Month |
19.38" (492.25mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
0.98" (24.89mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1948, 1981 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 2008 8-Month |
21.59" (548.39mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
0.88" (22.36mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1935 | ||||||
|
Dec 2007–Aug 2008 9-Month |
24.56" (623.82mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
1.51" (38.35mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1931 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2007–Aug 2008 10-Month |
25.96" (659.38mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
0.68" (17.27mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2007–Aug 2008 11-Month |
28.68" (728.47mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
1.23" (31.24mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1932 | ||||||
|
Sep 2007–Aug 2008 12-Month |
30.85" (783.59mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
0.91" (23.11mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2007–Aug 2008 18-Month |
46.79" (1,188.47mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
0.57" (14.48mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1931 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2006–Aug 2008 24-Month |
61.50" (1,562.10mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
1.58" (40.13mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1918 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2005–Aug 2008 36-Month |
89.41" (2,271.01mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1956 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2004–Aug 2008 48-Month |
122.05" (3,100.07mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
2.28" (57.91mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1956 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2003–Aug 2008 60-Month |
153.50" (3,898.90mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
3.86" (98.04mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1934 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 5, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/