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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, October 2010
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 2010 1-Month |
1.97" (50.04mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
-0.19" (-4.82mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1952 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2010 2-Month |
4.75" (120.65mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
0.10" (2.54mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1952 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2010 3-Month |
7.26" (184.40mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
-0.01" (-0.26mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1952 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1968 | ||||||
|
Jul–Oct 2010 4-Month |
10.58" (268.73mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
0.53" (13.46mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1952 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1925 | ||||||
|
Jun–Oct 2010 5-Month |
14.07" (357.38mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
1.10" (27.94mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1952 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1975 | ||||||
|
May–Oct 2010 6-Month |
17.39" (441.71mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
1.51" (38.36mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1952 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1993 | ||||||
|
Apr–Oct 2010 7-Month |
19.77" (502.16mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
1.37" (34.80mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1952 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2010 8-Month |
22.07" (560.58mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
1.16" (29.47mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1956 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2010 9-Month |
24.08" (611.63mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
1.04" (26.41mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1920 | ||||||
|
Jan–Oct 2010 10-Month |
26.70" (678.18mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
1.34" (34.04mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1934 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1958 | ||||||
|
Dec 2009–Oct 2010 11-Month |
29.78" (756.41mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
2.08" (52.83mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1931 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2009–Oct 2010 12-Month |
31.41" (797.81mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1934 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2009–Oct 2010 18-Month |
50.32" (1,278.13mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
4.49" (114.05mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1931 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2008–Oct 2010 24-Month |
63.79" (1,620.27mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
3.89" (98.81mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1931 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1999 | ||||||
|
Nov 2007–Oct 2010 36-Month |
94.61" (2,403.09mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
4.75" (120.65mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1956 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2006–Oct 2010 48-Month |
124.45" (3,161.03mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
4.67" (118.62mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1956 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2005–Oct 2010 60-Month |
153.75" (3,905.25mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
4.09" (103.89mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1934 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 16, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/