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.
Northwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, October 2017
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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October 2017 1-Month |
3.15" (80.01mm) | 2.54" (64.52mm) |
0.61" (15.49mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1895 |
40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1933, 2004 | ||||||
Sep–Oct 2017 2-Month |
4.76" (120.90mm) | 3.96" (100.58mm) |
0.80" (20.32mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1987 |
35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
Aug–Oct 2017 3-Month |
5.00" (127.00mm) | 4.76" (120.90mm) |
0.24" (6.10mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1987 |
52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1922 | ||||||
Jul–Oct 2017 4-Month |
5.15" (130.81mm) | 5.49" (139.45mm) |
-0.34" (-8.64mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1952 |
67th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
Jun–Oct 2017 5-Month |
6.68" (169.67mm) | 7.21" (183.13mm) |
-0.53" (-13.46mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1917, 2002 |
75th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1947 | ||||
May–Oct 2017 6-Month |
8.50" (215.90mm) | 9.35" (237.49mm) |
-0.85" (-21.59mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2002 |
84th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1941 | ||||
Ties: 1973 | ||||||
Apr–Oct 2017 7-Month |
12.34" (313.44mm) | 11.71" (297.43mm) |
0.63" (16.01mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2002 |
49th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1997 | ||||
Mar–Oct 2017 8-Month |
18.32" (465.33mm) | 14.97" (380.24mm) |
3.35" (85.09mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1939 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1997 | ||||
Feb–Oct 2017 9-Month |
24.46" (621.28mm) | 18.58" (471.93mm) |
5.88" (149.35mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1929 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2017 | ||||
Jan–Oct 2017 10-Month |
28.53" (724.66mm) | 23.10" (586.74mm) |
5.43" (137.92mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1929 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1950 | ||||
Dec 2016–Oct 2017 11-Month |
33.16" (842.26mm) | 27.75" (704.85mm) |
5.41" (137.41mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1929 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1997 | ||||
Nov 2016–Oct 2017 12-Month |
37.01" (940.05mm) | 32.10" (815.34mm) |
4.91" (124.71mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1997 | ||||
May 2016–Oct 2017 18-Month |
49.43" (1,255.52mm) | 41.48" (1,053.59mm) |
7.95" (201.93mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1929 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1997 | ||||
Nov 2015–Oct 2017 24-Month |
76.70" (1,948.18mm) | 64.23" (1,631.44mm) |
12.47" (316.74mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1930 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1997 | ||||
Nov 2014–Oct 2017 36-Month |
104.61" (2,657.09mm) | 96.31" (2,446.27mm) |
8.30" (210.82mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1931 |
12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1997 | ||||
Nov 2013–Oct 2017 48-Month |
135.70" (3,446.78mm) | 128.38" (3,260.85mm) |
7.32" (185.93mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1931 |
20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1999 | ||||
Nov 2012–Oct 2017 60-Month |
166.75" (4,235.45mm) | 160.37" (4,073.40mm) |
6.38" (162.05mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1932 |
28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1999 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 18, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/