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 2015
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 2015 1-Month |
2.90" (73.66mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.74" (18.80mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1952 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 2006 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 2015 2-Month |
5.02" (127.51mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
0.37" (9.40mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1949 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 2015 3-Month |
7.43" (188.72mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
0.16" (4.06mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2015 4-Month |
10.66" (270.76mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
0.61" (15.49mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2015 5-Month |
14.21" (360.93mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
1.24" (31.49mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1941 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2015 6-Month |
18.65" (473.71mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
2.77" (70.36mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1952 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2015 7-Month |
21.48" (545.59mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
3.08" (78.23mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1952 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2015 8-Month |
23.61" (599.69mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
2.70" (68.58mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2017 | ||||||
|
Feb–Oct 2015 9-Month |
25.35" (643.89mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
2.31" (58.67mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2015 10-Month |
27.18" (690.37mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
1.82" (46.23mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1991 | ||||||
|
Dec 2014–Oct 2015 11-Month |
29.76" (755.90mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
2.06" (52.32mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1931 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2014–Oct 2015 12-Month |
31.89" (810.01mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
1.96" (49.79mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2014–Oct 2015 18-Month |
49.16" (1,248.66mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
3.33" (84.58mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1931 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1984 | ||||||
|
Nov 2013–Oct 2015 24-Month |
62.28" (1,581.91mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
2.38" (60.45mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1931 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2012–Oct 2015 36-Month |
93.29" (2,369.57mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
3.43" (87.13mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2011–Oct 2015 48-Month |
121.35" (3,082.29mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
1.57" (39.88mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2010–Oct 2015 60-Month |
151.39" (3,845.31mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
1.73" (43.95mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 15, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/