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, January 2017
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2017 1-Month |
3.24" (82.30mm) | 2.31" (58.67mm) |
0.93" (23.63mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1981 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1916 | ||||
|
Dec 2016–Jan 2017 2-Month |
5.96" (151.38mm) | 4.66" (118.36mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1981 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1932 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Jan 2017 3-Month |
7.71" (195.83mm) | 6.89" (175.01mm) |
0.82" (20.82mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2016–Jan 2017 4-Month |
10.10" (256.54mm) | 9.06" (230.12mm) |
1.04" (26.42mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1981 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Jan 2017 5-Month |
12.83" (325.88mm) | 11.55" (293.37mm) |
1.28" (32.51mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1940 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2016–Jan 2017 6-Month |
16.30" (414.02mm) | 14.17" (359.92mm) |
2.13" (54.10mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1940 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2016–Jan 2017 7-Month |
19.22" (488.19mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
2.26" (57.41mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1940 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2016–Jan 2017 8-Month |
21.70" (551.18mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
1.82" (46.23mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1981 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1982 | ||||||
|
May 2016–Jan 2017 9-Month |
24.77" (629.16mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
1.98" (50.29mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 2016–Jan 2017 10-Month |
27.77" (705.36mm) | 25.32" (643.13mm) |
2.45" (62.23mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1940 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 2016–Jan 2017 11-Month |
30.69" (779.53mm) | 27.83" (706.88mm) |
2.86" (72.65mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1957 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2017 12-Month |
32.62" (828.55mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
2.66" (67.57mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 2015–Jan 2017 18-Month |
49.50" (1,257.30mm) | 44.14" (1,121.16mm) |
5.36" (136.14mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1955 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2017 24-Month |
67.42" (1,712.47mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
7.49" (190.25mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2014–Jan 2017 36-Month |
98.73" (2,507.74mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
8.87" (225.30mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2013–Jan 2017 48-Month |
128.79" (3,271.27mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
9.03" (229.37mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2012–Jan 2017 60-Month |
156.60" (3,977.64mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
6.97" (177.04mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 4, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/