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, January 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2020 1-Month |
6.83" (173.48mm) | 4.53" (115.06mm) |
2.30" (58.42mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1985 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1953 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Jan 2020 2-Month |
10.50" (266.70mm) | 9.17" (232.92mm) |
1.33" (33.78mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1965 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Jan 2020 3-Month |
11.75" (298.45mm) | 13.53" (343.66mm) |
-1.78" (-45.21mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1974 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Jan 2020 4-Month |
13.93" (353.82mm) | 16.08" (408.43mm) |
-2.15" (-54.61mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1997 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Jan 2020 5-Month |
16.67" (423.42mm) | 17.50" (444.50mm) |
-0.83" (-21.08mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Jan 2020 6-Month |
17.39" (441.71mm) | 18.31" (465.07mm) |
-0.92" (-23.36mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1974 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Jan 2020 7-Month |
17.92" (455.17mm) | 19.04" (483.62mm) |
-1.12" (-28.45mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1956 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Jan 2020 8-Month |
18.83" (478.28mm) | 20.76" (527.30mm) |
-1.93" (-49.02mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1956 | ||||
|
May 2019–Jan 2020 9-Month |
21.28" (540.51mm) | 22.91" (581.91mm) |
-1.63" (-41.40mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1997 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Jan 2020 10-Month |
25.17" (639.32mm) | 25.27" (641.86mm) |
-0.10" (-2.54mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1997 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Jan 2020 11-Month |
26.83" (681.48mm) | 28.53" (724.66mm) |
-1.70" (-43.18mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1997 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2020 12-Month |
32.14" (816.36mm) | 32.13" (816.10mm) |
0.01" (0.26mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1997 | ||||
| Ties: 1980 | ||||||
|
Aug 2018–Jan 2020 18-Month |
46.63" (1,184.40mm) | 50.47" (1,281.94mm) |
-3.84" (-97.54mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1997 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2020 24-Month |
59.38" (1,508.25mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
-4.90" (-124.46mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 1931 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1997 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2020 36-Month |
97.11" (2,466.59mm) | 96.31" (2,446.27mm) |
0.80" (20.32mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1931 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1998 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2020 48-Month |
131.72" (3,345.69mm) | 128.35" (3,260.09mm) |
3.37" (85.60mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1932 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1999 | ||||
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Feb 2015–Jan 2020 60-Month |
164.81" (4,186.17mm) | 160.30" (4,071.62mm) |
4.51" (114.55mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1933 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2000 | ||||
| Ties: 1982 | ||||||
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/