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 July 2019. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, October 2016
View Period (Months):All1234567891011121824364860
Download:
| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Amomaly | Rank (1895-2018) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 2016 1-Month |
2.39" (60.71mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.23" (5.85mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1952 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2016 2-Month |
5.12" (130.05mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
0.47" (11.94mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1952 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2016 3-Month |
8.59" (218.19mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
1.32" (33.53mm) | 115th 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) | 112th 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) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1941 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2016 6-Month |
17.06" (433.32mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
1.18" (29.97mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2016 7-Month |
20.06" (509.52mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
1.66" (42.16mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1900 | ||||||
|
Mar–Oct 2016 8-Month |
22.98" (583.69mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
2.07" (52.58mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2009 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2016 9-Month |
24.91" (632.71mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
1.87" (47.49mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1912 | ||||||
|
Jan–Oct 2016 10-Month |
26.95" (684.53mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
1.59" (40.39mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2015–Oct 2016 11-Month |
31.01" (787.65mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
3.31" (84.07mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2017 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Oct 2016 12-Month |
34.36" (872.74mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
4.43" (112.52mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1973 | ||||
|
May 2015–Oct 2016 18-Month |
53.01" (1,346.45mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
7.18" (182.37mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
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 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2017 | ||||
|
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 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1975 | ||||
|
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 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1998 | ||||
|
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 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1997 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published August 2019, retrieved on August 23, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/