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 December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, August 2019
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2019 1-Month |
2.78" (70.61mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
0.16" (4.06mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1929 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1941 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 2019 2-Month |
5.54" (140.72mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
0.14" (3.56mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1930 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2019 3-Month |
8.91" (226.31mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
0.59" (14.98mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1930 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1928 | ||||
| Ties: 1908 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 2019 4-Month |
13.38" (339.85mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
2.15" (54.61mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1936 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2019 5-Month |
16.59" (421.39mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
2.84" (72.14mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2019 6-Month |
18.83" (478.28mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
2.57" (65.28mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1936 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1905 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2019 7-Month |
22.11" (561.59mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
3.71" (94.23mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2019 8-Month |
24.67" (626.62mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
3.96" (100.59mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2018–Aug 2019 9-Month |
27.92" (709.17mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
4.87" (123.70mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Aug 2019 10-Month |
30.63" (778.00mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
5.35" (135.89mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2018–Aug 2019 11-Month |
34.06" (865.12mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
6.61" (167.89mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Aug 2019 12-Month |
37.63" (955.80mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
7.69" (195.32mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2018–Aug 2019 18-Month |
54.58" (1,386.33mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
8.36" (212.34mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2019 24-Month |
67.40" (1,711.96mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
7.48" (189.99mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2019 36-Month |
101.22" (2,570.99mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
11.36" (288.55mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2019 48-Month |
135.48" (3,441.19mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
15.71" (399.03mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2014–Aug 2019 60-Month |
167.41" (4,252.21mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
17.77" (451.35mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 26, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/