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 September 2019. 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 (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2019 1-Month |
2.76" (70.10mm) | 2.62" (66.55mm) |
0.14" (3.55mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1929 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1959, 1981 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 2019 2-Month |
5.51" (139.95mm) | 5.40" (137.16mm) |
0.11" (2.79mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1930 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1960 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 2019 3-Month |
8.88" (225.55mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
0.56" (14.22mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1930 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2019 4-Month |
13.35" (339.09mm) | 11.23" (285.24mm) |
2.12" (53.85mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1936 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2019 5-Month |
16.56" (420.62mm) | 13.75" (349.25mm) |
2.81" (71.37mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2019 6-Month |
18.80" (477.52mm) | 16.26" (413.00mm) |
2.54" (64.52mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1936 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1905 | 1905 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2019 7-Month |
22.08" (560.83mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
3.68" (93.47mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2019 8-Month |
24.64" (625.86mm) | 20.71" (526.03mm) |
3.93" (99.83mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2018–Aug 2019 9-Month |
27.89" (708.41mm) | 23.05" (585.47mm) |
4.84" (122.94mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Aug 2019 10-Month |
30.60" (777.24mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
5.32" (135.13mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2018–Aug 2019 11-Month |
34.03" (864.36mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
6.58" (167.13mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Aug 2019 12-Month |
37.60" (955.04mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
7.66" (194.56mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2018–Aug 2019 18-Month |
54.55" (1,385.57mm) | 46.22" (1,173.99mm) |
8.33" (211.58mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2019 24-Month |
67.36" (1,710.94mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
7.44" (188.97mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2019 36-Month |
101.18" (2,569.97mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
11.32" (287.53mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2019 48-Month |
135.44" (3,440.18mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
15.67" (398.02mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2014–Aug 2019 60-Month |
167.37" (4,251.20mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
17.73" (450.34mm) | 120th 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 October 2019, retrieved on October 19, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/