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 August 2019. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, October 2008
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Amomaly | Rank (1895-2018) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 2008 1-Month |
2.18" (55.37mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1952 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2008 2-Month |
4.86" (123.44mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
0.21" (5.33mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1952 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2008 3-Month |
7.91" (200.91mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
0.64" (16.25mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1952 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2008 4-Month |
10.71" (272.03mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
0.66" (16.76mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1952 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1920 | ||||||
|
Jun–Oct 2008 5-Month |
13.71" (348.23mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
0.74" (18.79mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1952 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1969 | ||||||
|
May–Oct 2008 6-Month |
16.71" (424.43mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
0.83" (21.08mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1952 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2008 7-Month |
19.25" (488.95mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
0.85" (21.59mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1952 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2008 8-Month |
21.77" (552.96mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
0.86" (21.85mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1956 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1908 | ||||||
|
Feb–Oct 2008 9-Month |
24.24" (615.70mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
1.20" (30.48mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2008 10-Month |
26.45" (671.83mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
1.09" (27.69mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2007–Oct 2008 11-Month |
29.42" (747.27mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
1.72" (43.69mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1931 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2017 | ||||
|
Nov 2007–Oct 2008 12-Month |
30.82" (782.83mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
0.89" (22.61mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1973 | ||||
|
May 2007–Oct 2008 18-Month |
46.85" (1,189.99mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
1.02" (25.91mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1931 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 2006–Oct 2008 24-Month |
60.66" (1,540.76mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
0.76" (19.30mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1931 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2017 | ||||
|
Nov 2005–Oct 2008 36-Month |
89.96" (2,284.98mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
0.10" (2.54mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1956 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1975 | ||||
|
Nov 2004–Oct 2008 48-Month |
120.89" (3,070.61mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
1.11" (28.20mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1956 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 2003–Oct 2008 60-Month |
153.71" (3,904.23mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
4.05" (102.87mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1997 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published September 2019, retrieved on September 17, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/