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, October 2012
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 2012 1-Month |
2.23" (56.64mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.07" (1.78mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1952 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1928, 2013 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 2012 2-Month |
4.57" (116.08mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
-0.08" (-2.03mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1952 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1989 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 2012 3-Month |
7.04" (178.82mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
-0.23" (-5.84mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1952 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2012 4-Month |
9.55" (242.57mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
-0.50" (-12.70mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1952 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2012 5-Month |
11.79" (299.47mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
-1.18" (-29.97mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1952 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1941 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2012 6-Month |
14.29" (362.97mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
-1.59" (-40.38mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1952 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2012 7-Month |
16.52" (419.61mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-1.88" (-47.75mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1952 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2012 8-Month |
19.39" (492.51mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
-1.52" (-38.60mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1956 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2012 9-Month |
21.24" (539.50mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
-1.80" (-45.72mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1934 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2012 10-Month |
23.33" (592.58mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
-2.03" (-51.56mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1934 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2011–Oct 2012 11-Month |
25.59" (649.99mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
-2.11" (-53.59mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1931 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1987 | ||||||
|
Nov 2011–Oct 2012 12-Month |
28.06" (712.72mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
-1.87" (-47.50mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1934 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2011–Oct 2012 18-Month |
43.47" (1,104.14mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
-2.36" (-59.94mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1931 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1981, 2001 | ||||||
|
Nov 2010–Oct 2012 24-Month |
58.10" (1,475.74mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
-1.80" (-45.72mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1931 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2009–Oct 2012 36-Month |
89.51" (2,273.55mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-0.35" (-8.89mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1956 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2008–Oct 2012 48-Month |
121.89" (3,096.01mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
2.11" (53.60mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1956 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2007–Oct 2012 60-Month |
152.71" (3,878.83mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
3.05" (77.47mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1934 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 26, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/