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 March 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, October 2013
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 2013 1-Month |
2.23" (56.64mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.07" (1.78mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1928, 2012 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 2013 2-Month |
5.21" (132.33mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
0.56" (14.22mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2013 3-Month |
7.77" (197.36mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
0.50" (12.70mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2013 4-Month |
11.11" (282.19mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
1.06" (26.92mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2013 5-Month |
14.45" (367.03mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1985, 1993 | ||||||
|
May–Oct 2013 6-Month |
17.80" (452.12mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
1.92" (48.77mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2013 7-Month |
20.70" (525.78mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
2.30" (58.42mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2013 8-Month |
22.42" (569.47mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
1.51" (38.36mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1956 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2013 9-Month |
24.44" (620.78mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
1.40" (35.56mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1934 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2013 10-Month |
26.81" (680.97mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
1.45" (36.83mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1934 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2012–Oct 2013 11-Month |
29.69" (754.13mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
1.99" (50.55mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1931 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2012–Oct 2013 12-Month |
31.01" (787.65mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
1.08" (27.43mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1934 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1946 | ||||||
|
May 2012–Oct 2013 18-Month |
45.30" (1,150.62mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
-0.53" (-13.46mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1931 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2011–Oct 2013 24-Month |
59.07" (1,500.38mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
-0.83" (-21.08mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1931 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2010–Oct 2013 36-Month |
89.11" (2,263.39mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-0.75" (-19.05mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1956 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2009–Oct 2013 48-Month |
120.52" (3,061.21mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
0.74" (18.80mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1956 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2008–Oct 2013 60-Month |
152.90" (3,883.66mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
3.24" (82.30mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1934 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 19, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/