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 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, November 2018
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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November 2018 1-Month |
2.71" (68.83mm) | 2.23" (56.64mm) |
0.48" (12.19mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1917 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct–Nov 2018 2-Month |
6.14" (155.96mm) | 4.40" (111.76mm) |
1.74" (44.20mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1917 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1985 | ||||
|
Sep–Nov 2018 3-Month |
9.71" (246.63mm) | 6.88" (174.75mm) |
2.83" (71.88mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1939 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 1985 | ||||
|
Aug–Nov 2018 4-Month |
12.69" (322.33mm) | 9.50" (241.30mm) |
3.19" (81.03mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1952 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Nov 2018 5-Month |
15.55" (394.97mm) | 12.28" (311.91mm) |
3.27" (83.06mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1952 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Nov 2018 6-Month |
18.70" (474.98mm) | 15.20" (386.08mm) |
3.50" (88.90mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1952 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2004 | ||||
|
May–Nov 2018 7-Month |
21.72" (551.69mm) | 18.12" (460.25mm) |
3.60" (91.44mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1952 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2004 | ||||
|
Apr–Nov 2018 8-Month |
24.18" (614.17mm) | 20.63" (524.00mm) |
3.55" (90.17mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1952 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Nov 2018 9-Month |
26.66" (677.16mm) | 23.14" (587.76mm) |
3.52" (89.40mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1956 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Nov 2018 10-Month |
29.55" (750.57mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
4.27" (108.46mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1910 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Nov 2018 11-Month |
31.40" (797.56mm) | 27.59" (700.79mm) |
3.81" (96.77mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1910 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2017–Nov 2018 12-Month |
32.99" (837.95mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
3.05" (77.47mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1931 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2017–Nov 2018 18-Month |
48.77" (1,238.76mm) | 45.16" (1,147.06mm) |
3.61" (91.70mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1931 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2005 | ||||||
|
Dec 2016–Nov 2018 24-Month |
66.43" (1,687.32mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
6.53" (165.86mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1931 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2015–Nov 2018 36-Month |
99.19" (2,519.43mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
9.33" (236.99mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1956 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2014–Nov 2018 48-Month |
132.30" (3,360.42mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
12.52" (318.01mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1956 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2013–Nov 2018 60-Month |
162.78" (4,134.61mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
13.12" (333.25mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1956 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published August 2020, retrieved on August 6, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/