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 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 2016 1-Month |
2.39" (60.71mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.23" (5.85mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1952 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2016 2-Month |
5.12" (130.05mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
0.47" (11.94mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1952 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2016 3-Month |
8.59" (218.19mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
1.32" (33.53mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1952 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1996 | ||||||
|
Jul–Oct 2016 4-Month |
11.51" (292.35mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
1.46" (37.08mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1952 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2016 5-Month |
13.99" (355.35mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
1.02" (25.91mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1941 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2016 6-Month |
17.06" (433.32mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
1.18" (29.97mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2016 7-Month |
20.06" (509.52mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
1.66" (42.16mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1900 | ||||||
|
Mar–Oct 2016 8-Month |
22.98" (583.69mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
2.07" (52.58mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2016 9-Month |
24.91" (632.71mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
1.87" (47.49mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1912 | ||||||
|
Jan–Oct 2016 10-Month |
26.95" (684.53mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
1.59" (40.39mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2015–Oct 2016 11-Month |
31.01" (787.65mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
3.31" (84.07mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Oct 2016 12-Month |
34.36" (872.74mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
4.43" (112.52mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2015–Oct 2016 18-Month |
53.01" (1,346.45mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
7.18" (182.37mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2014–Oct 2016 24-Month |
66.25" (1,682.75mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
6.35" (161.29mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2013–Oct 2016 36-Month |
96.64" (2,454.66mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
6.78" (172.22mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2012–Oct 2016 48-Month |
127.65" (3,242.31mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
7.87" (199.90mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2011–Oct 2016 60-Month |
155.71" (3,955.03mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
6.05" (153.67mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 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/