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, October 2020
View Period (Months):All1234567891011121824364860
Download:
| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 2020 1-Month |
2.18" (55.37mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1952 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 2008 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 2020 2-Month |
4.62" (117.35mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
-0.03" (-0.76mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1915, 2011 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 2020 3-Month |
7.03" (178.56mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
-0.24" (-6.10mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1952 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2020 4-Month |
9.97" (253.24mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
-0.08" (-2.03mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2020 5-Month |
12.71" (322.83mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
-0.26" (-6.61mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1941 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2020 6-Month |
15.79" (401.07mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
-0.09" (-2.28mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1903 | ||||||
|
Apr–Oct 2020 7-Month |
18.31" (465.07mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
-0.09" (-2.29mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1952 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1944 | ||||||
|
Mar–Oct 2020 8-Month |
21.17" (537.72mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
0.26" (6.61mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1956 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2020 9-Month |
23.61" (599.69mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
0.57" (14.47mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1934 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2020 10-Month |
26.36" (669.54mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
1.00" (25.40mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Oct 2020 11-Month |
28.93" (734.82mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
1.23" (31.24mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1931 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Oct 2020 12-Month |
30.87" (784.10mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
0.94" (23.88mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2019–Oct 2020 18-Month |
49.89" (1,267.21mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
4.06" (103.13mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2005 | ||||||
|
Nov 2018–Oct 2020 24-Month |
67.14" (1,705.36mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
7.24" (183.90mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–Oct 2020 36-Month |
99.04" (2,515.62mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
9.18" (233.18mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1956 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Oct 2020 48-Month |
132.61" (3,368.29mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
12.83" (325.88mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Oct 2020 60-Month |
166.97" (4,241.04mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
17.31" (439.68mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 21, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/