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, September 2019
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
September 2019 1-Month |
2.45" (62.23mm) | 2.49" (63.25mm) |
-0.04" (-1.02mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1956 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1986 | ||||
| Ties: 1938, 1976, 1982, 2001 | ||||||
|
Aug–Sep 2019 2-Month |
5.23" (132.84mm) | 5.11" (129.79mm) |
0.12" (3.05mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1992, 2009 | ||||||
|
Jul–Sep 2019 3-Month |
7.99" (202.95mm) | 7.88" (200.15mm) |
0.11" (2.80mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1930 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Sep 2019 4-Month |
11.36" (288.54mm) | 10.81" (274.57mm) |
0.55" (13.97mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1930 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1915 | ||||
|
May–Sep 2019 5-Month |
15.83" (402.08mm) | 13.72" (348.49mm) |
2.11" (53.59mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 2019 6-Month |
19.04" (483.62mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
2.80" (71.12mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1915 | ||||
|
Mar–Sep 2019 7-Month |
21.28" (540.51mm) | 18.75" (476.25mm) |
2.53" (64.26mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Sep 2019 8-Month |
24.56" (623.82mm) | 20.88" (530.35mm) |
3.68" (93.47mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Sep 2019 9-Month |
27.12" (688.85mm) | 23.20" (589.28mm) |
3.92" (99.57mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2018–Sep 2019 10-Month |
30.37" (771.40mm) | 25.54" (648.72mm) |
4.83" (122.68mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Sep 2019 11-Month |
33.08" (840.23mm) | 27.77" (705.36mm) |
5.31" (134.87mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2018–Sep 2019 12-Month |
36.51" (927.35mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
6.57" (166.87mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2018–Sep 2019 18-Month |
54.55" (1,385.57mm) | 46.20" (1,173.48mm) |
8.35" (212.09mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2017–Sep 2019 24-Month |
67.58" (1,716.53mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
7.66" (194.56mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2020 | ||||
|
Oct 2016–Sep 2019 36-Month |
100.94" (2,563.88mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
11.07" (281.18mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–Sep 2019 48-Month |
135.81" (3,449.57mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
16.03" (407.16mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2014–Sep 2019 60-Month |
167.22" (4,247.39mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
17.56" (446.03mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 18, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/