Climate at a Glance
Statewide 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 January 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Kansas
Precipitation Rankings, April 2017
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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April 2017 1-Month |
5.07" (128.78mm) | 2.48" (62.99mm) |
2.59" (65.79mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1989 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1944 | ||||
Mar–Apr 2017 2-Month |
7.86" (199.64mm) | 4.17" (105.92mm) |
3.69" (93.72mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1936 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1973 | ||||
Feb–Apr 2017 3-Month |
8.10" (205.74mm) | 5.06" (128.52mm) |
3.04" (77.22mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1936 |
6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1973 | ||||
Ties: 1987 | ||||||
Jan–Apr 2017 4-Month |
9.66" (245.36mm) | 5.73" (145.54mm) |
3.93" (99.82mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1936 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1973 | ||||
Dec 2016–Apr 2017 5-Month |
10.35" (262.89mm) | 6.58" (167.13mm) |
3.77" (95.76mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1936 |
6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1973 | ||||
Nov 2016–Apr 2017 6-Month |
10.82" (274.83mm) | 7.93" (201.42mm) |
2.89" (73.41mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1973 | ||||
Ties: 1927 | ||||||
Oct 2016–Apr 2017 7-Month |
12.26" (311.40mm) | 9.90" (251.46mm) |
2.36" (59.94mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1973 | ||||
Ties: 1931 | ||||||
Sep 2016–Apr 2017 8-Month |
16.37" (415.80mm) | 12.77" (324.36mm) |
3.60" (91.44mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1996 |
15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1973 | ||||
Aug 2016–Apr 2017 9-Month |
21.27" (540.26mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
5.39" (136.91mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1989 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1973 | ||||
Jul 2016–Apr 2017 10-Month |
26.32" (668.53mm) | 19.23" (488.44mm) |
7.09" (180.09mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1956 |
9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1973 | ||||
Jun 2016–Apr 2017 11-Month |
28.62" (726.95mm) | 23.23" (590.04mm) |
5.39" (136.91mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1953 |
15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1952 | ||||
May 2016–Apr 2017 12-Month |
33.20" (843.28mm) | 27.08" (687.83mm) |
6.12" (155.45mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1953 |
16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1952 | ||||
Ties: 1997 | ||||||
Nov 2015–Apr 2017 18-Month |
45.80" (1,163.32mm) | 35.01" (889.25mm) |
10.79" (274.07mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1974 | ||||
Ties: 1993 | ||||||
May 2015–Apr 2017 24-Month |
68.67" (1,744.22mm) | 54.16" (1,375.66mm) |
14.51" (368.56mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1954 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1994 | ||||
May 2014–Apr 2017 36-Month |
95.49" (2,425.45mm) | 81.19" (2,062.23mm) |
14.30" (363.22mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1955 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 1999 | ||||
May 2013–Apr 2017 48-Month |
121.46" (3,085.08mm) | 108.13" (2,746.50mm) |
13.33" (338.58mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1956 |
17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1945 | ||||
May 2012–Apr 2017 60-Month |
139.46" (3,542.28mm) | 135.04" (3,430.02mm) |
4.42" (112.26mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
45th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 8, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/