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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Northwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, October 1940
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1940 1-Month |
3.85" (97.79mm) | 2.54" (64.52mm) |
1.31" (33.27mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1895 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1934 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1940 2-Month |
7.04" (178.82mm) | 3.96" (100.58mm) |
3.08" (78.24mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1987 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1940 3-Month |
7.22" (183.39mm) | 4.76" (120.90mm) |
2.46" (62.49mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1987 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1940 4-Month |
8.13" (206.50mm) | 5.49" (139.45mm) |
2.64" (67.05mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1952 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1940 5-Month |
8.67" (220.22mm) | 7.21" (183.13mm) |
1.46" (37.09mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1917, 2002 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1927 | 1947 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1940 6-Month |
9.76" (247.90mm) | 9.35" (237.49mm) |
0.41" (10.41mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 2002 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1940 7-Month |
12.54" (318.52mm) | 11.71" (297.43mm) |
0.83" (21.09mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 2002 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1997 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1940 8-Month |
16.74" (425.20mm) | 14.97" (380.24mm) |
1.77" (44.96mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1939 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 1997 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1940 9-Month |
23.79" (604.27mm) | 18.58" (471.93mm) |
5.21" (132.34mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1929 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1904 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1940 10-Month |
27.39" (695.71mm) | 23.10" (586.74mm) |
4.29" (108.97mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1929 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1904 | 1950 | ||||
|
Dec 1939–Oct 1940 11-Month |
33.32" (846.33mm) | 27.75" (704.85mm) |
5.57" (141.48mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1929 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1997 | ||||
|
Nov 1939–Oct 1940 12-Month |
34.44" (874.78mm) | 32.10" (815.34mm) |
2.34" (59.44mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1977 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1997 | ||||
|
May 1939–Oct 1940 18-Month |
41.45" (1,052.83mm) | 41.48" (1,053.59mm) |
-0.03" (-0.76mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1929 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1997 | ||||
|
Nov 1938–Oct 1940 24-Month |
58.87" (1,495.30mm) | 64.23" (1,631.44mm) |
-5.36" (-136.14mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1930 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1997 | ||||
|
Nov 1937–Oct 1940 36-Month |
95.35" (2,421.89mm) | 96.31" (2,446.27mm) |
-0.96" (-24.38mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1931 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1934 | 1997 | ||||
|
Nov 1936–Oct 1940 48-Month |
124.55" (3,163.57mm) | 128.38" (3,260.85mm) |
-3.83" (-97.28mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1931 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 1999 | ||||
|
Nov 1935–Oct 1940 60-Month |
152.84" (3,882.14mm) | 160.37" (4,073.40mm) |
-7.53" (-191.26mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1932 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1999 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/