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 April 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, January 2021
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2021 1-Month |
2.09" (53.09mm) | 2.31" (58.67mm) |
-0.22" (-5.58mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1916 | ||||
| Ties: 1970, 2012 | ||||||
|
Dec 2020–Jan 2021 2-Month |
4.14" (105.16mm) | 4.66" (118.36mm) |
-0.52" (-13.20mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1932 | ||||
|
Nov 2020–Jan 2021 3-Month |
6.08" (154.43mm) | 6.89" (175.01mm) |
-0.81" (-20.58mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2020–Jan 2021 4-Month |
8.26" (209.80mm) | 9.06" (230.12mm) |
-0.80" (-20.32mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2020–Jan 2021 5-Month |
10.70" (271.78mm) | 11.55" (293.37mm) |
-0.85" (-21.59mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1940 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2020–Jan 2021 6-Month |
13.11" (332.99mm) | 14.17" (359.92mm) |
-1.06" (-26.93mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1940 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2020–Jan 2021 7-Month |
16.05" (407.67mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
-0.91" (-23.11mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1940 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2020–Jan 2021 8-Month |
18.79" (477.27mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
-1.09" (-27.68mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1981 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1898 | ||||||
|
May 2020–Jan 2021 9-Month |
21.87" (555.50mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
-0.92" (-23.37mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1918 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 2020–Jan 2021 10-Month |
24.39" (619.51mm) | 25.32" (643.13mm) |
-0.93" (-23.62mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1940 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 2020–Jan 2021 11-Month |
27.25" (692.15mm) | 27.83" (706.88mm) |
-0.58" (-14.73mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1957 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 2020–Jan 2021 12-Month |
29.70" (754.38mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-0.26" (-6.60mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1931 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Jan 2021 18-Month |
45.38" (1,152.65mm) | 44.14" (1,121.16mm) |
1.24" (31.49mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1955 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2021 24-Month |
64.71" (1,643.63mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
4.78" (121.41mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2021 36-Month |
100.07" (2,541.78mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
10.21" (259.34mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2021 48-Month |
130.99" (3,327.15mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
11.23" (285.25mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2021 60-Month |
163.61" (4,155.69mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
13.98" (355.09mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2021, retrieved on May 13, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/