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, September 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
September 2016 1-Month |
2.73" (69.34mm) | 2.49" (63.25mm) |
0.24" (6.09mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1986 | ||||
|
Aug–Sep 2016 2-Month |
6.20" (157.48mm) | 5.11" (129.79mm) |
1.09" (27.69mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1915 | ||||||
|
Jul–Sep 2016 3-Month |
9.12" (231.65mm) | 7.88" (200.15mm) |
1.24" (31.50mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1930 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Sep 2016 4-Month |
11.60" (294.64mm) | 10.81" (274.57mm) |
0.79" (20.07mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1930 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1915 | ||||
|
May–Sep 2016 5-Month |
14.67" (372.62mm) | 13.72" (348.49mm) |
0.95" (24.13mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1956 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 2016 6-Month |
17.67" (448.82mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
1.43" (36.32mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1956 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1995 | ||||||
|
Mar–Sep 2016 7-Month |
20.59" (522.99mm) | 18.75" (476.25mm) |
1.84" (46.74mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Sep 2016 8-Month |
22.52" (572.01mm) | 20.88" (530.35mm) |
1.64" (41.66mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1930 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Sep 2016 9-Month |
24.56" (623.82mm) | 23.20" (589.28mm) |
1.36" (34.54mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2015–Sep 2016 10-Month |
28.62" (726.95mm) | 25.54" (648.72mm) |
3.08" (78.23mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Sep 2016 11-Month |
31.97" (812.04mm) | 27.77" (705.36mm) |
4.20" (106.68mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–Sep 2016 12-Month |
34.87" (885.70mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
4.93" (125.22mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2015–Sep 2016 18-Month |
53.45" (1,357.63mm) | 46.20" (1,173.48mm) |
7.25" (184.15mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2014–Sep 2016 24-Month |
66.28" (1,683.51mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
6.36" (161.54mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2020 | ||||
|
Oct 2013–Sep 2016 36-Month |
96.48" (2,450.59mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
6.61" (167.89mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2012–Sep 2016 48-Month |
127.49" (3,238.25mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
7.71" (195.84mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2011–Sep 2016 60-Month |
155.46" (3,948.68mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
5.80" (147.32mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 16, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/