Climate at a Glance
Regional 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.
South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, January 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 2020 1-Month |
3.49" (88.65mm) | 2.22" (56.39mm) |
1.27" (32.26mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1986 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1939 | ||||||
|
Dec 2019–Jan 2020 2-Month |
5.15" (130.81mm) | 4.72" (119.89mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1909 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1932 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Jan 2020 3-Month |
7.01" (178.05mm) | 7.15" (181.61mm) |
-0.14" (-3.56mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1904 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1932 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Jan 2020 4-Month |
11.38" (289.05mm) | 9.85" (250.19mm) |
1.53" (38.86mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Jan 2020 5-Month |
13.55" (344.17mm) | 13.05" (331.47mm) |
0.50" (12.70mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1945 | ||||||
|
Aug 2019–Jan 2020 6-Month |
17.15" (435.61mm) | 15.99" (406.15mm) |
1.16" (29.46mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Jan 2020 7-Month |
19.96" (506.98mm) | 19.19" (487.43mm) |
0.77" (19.55mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Jan 2020 8-Month |
24.79" (629.67mm) | 22.71" (576.83mm) |
2.08" (52.84mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2019–Jan 2020 9-Month |
32.26" (819.40mm) | 26.77" (679.96mm) |
5.49" (139.44mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Jan 2020 10-Month |
36.87" (936.50mm) | 30.01" (762.25mm) |
6.86" (174.25mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Jan 2020 11-Month |
38.89" (987.81mm) | 32.70" (830.58mm) |
6.19" (157.23mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2020 12-Month |
41.41" (1,051.81mm) | 34.94" (887.48mm) |
6.47" (164.33mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 2018–Jan 2020 18-Month |
66.76" (1,695.70mm) | 50.97" (1,294.64mm) |
15.79" (401.06mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2020 24-Month |
85.29" (2,166.37mm) | 69.90" (1,775.46mm) |
15.39" (390.91mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2020 36-Month |
121.84" (3,094.74mm) | 104.84" (2,662.94mm) |
17.00" (431.80mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1957 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2020 48-Month |
161.61" (4,104.89mm) | 139.66" (3,547.36mm) |
21.95" (557.53mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2020 60-Month |
208.16" (5,287.26mm) | 174.43" (4,430.52mm) |
33.73" (856.74mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1957 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 22, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/