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 2018
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 2018 1-Month |
3.43" (87.12mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
1.27" (32.26mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1952 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2018 2-Month |
7.00" (177.80mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
2.35" (59.69mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1952 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2018 3-Month |
9.98" (253.49mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
2.71" (68.83mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1952 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2018 4-Month |
12.84" (326.14mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
2.79" (70.87mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1952 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2018 5-Month |
15.99" (406.15mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
3.02" (76.71mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1952 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1941 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2018 6-Month |
19.01" (482.85mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
3.13" (79.50mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1952 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2018 7-Month |
21.47" (545.34mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
3.07" (77.98mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1952 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2018 8-Month |
23.95" (608.33mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
3.04" (77.22mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1956 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2018 9-Month |
26.84" (681.74mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
3.80" (96.52mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1934 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2018 10-Month |
28.69" (728.73mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
3.33" (84.59mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1934 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2017–Oct 2018 11-Month |
30.28" (769.11mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
2.58" (65.53mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–Oct 2018 12-Month |
31.90" (810.26mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
1.97" (50.04mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2017–Oct 2018 18-Month |
49.42" (1,255.27mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
3.59" (91.19mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Oct 2018 24-Month |
65.47" (1,662.94mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
5.57" (141.48mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Oct 2018 36-Month |
99.83" (2,535.68mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
9.97" (253.24mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1956 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2014–Oct 2018 48-Month |
131.72" (3,345.69mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
11.94" (303.28mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1956 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2013–Oct 2018 60-Month |
162.11" (4,117.59mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
12.45" (316.23mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1934 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 12, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/