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 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, February 2021
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
February 2021 1-Month |
2.02" (51.31mm) | 2.13" (54.10mm) |
-0.11" (-2.79mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1947 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1929, 2013 | ||||||
|
Jan–Feb 2021 2-Month |
4.11" (104.39mm) | 4.45" (113.03mm) |
-0.34" (-8.64mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1977 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2020–Feb 2021 3-Month |
6.16" (156.46mm) | 6.79" (172.47mm) |
-0.63" (-16.01mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1961 | ||||||
|
Nov 2020–Feb 2021 4-Month |
8.10" (205.74mm) | 9.02" (229.11mm) |
-0.92" (-23.37mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2020–Feb 2021 5-Month |
10.28" (261.11mm) | 11.19" (284.23mm) |
-0.91" (-23.12mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1977 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2020–Feb 2021 6-Month |
12.72" (323.09mm) | 13.68" (347.47mm) |
-0.96" (-24.38mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1977 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2020–Feb 2021 7-Month |
15.14" (384.56mm) | 16.31" (414.27mm) |
-1.17" (-29.71mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1977 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2020–Feb 2021 8-Month |
18.08" (459.23mm) | 19.09" (484.89mm) |
-1.01" (-25.66mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1977 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2020–Feb 2021 9-Month |
20.81" (528.57mm) | 22.02" (559.31mm) |
-1.21" (-30.74mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1918, 1931, 1977 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2020–Feb 2021 10-Month |
23.90" (607.06mm) | 24.92" (632.97mm) |
-1.02" (-25.91mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1918 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2020–Feb 2021 11-Month |
26.42" (671.07mm) | 27.45" (697.23mm) |
-1.03" (-26.16mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1931 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2020–Feb 2021 12-Month |
29.28" (743.71mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-0.68" (-17.27mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1931 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Feb 2021 18-Month |
44.64" (1,133.86mm) | 43.65" (1,108.71mm) |
0.99" (25.15mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Feb 2021 24-Month |
63.47" (1,612.14mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
3.55" (90.17mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1935 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2018–Feb 2021 36-Month |
99.22" (2,520.19mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
9.35" (237.49mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1957 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2017–Feb 2021 48-Month |
130.78" (3,321.81mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
11.01" (279.65mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2016–Feb 2021 60-Month |
163.72" (4,158.49mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
14.09" (357.89mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 20, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/