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.
New Jersey
Precipitation Rankings, January 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2020 1-Month |
2.31" (58.67mm) | 3.50" (88.90mm) |
-1.19" (-30.23mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1981 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Jan 2020 2-Month |
7.63" (193.80mm) | 7.18" (182.37mm) |
0.45" (11.43mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1979 | ||||
| Ties: 1993 | ||||||
|
Nov 2019–Jan 2020 3-Month |
9.57" (243.08mm) | 10.59" (268.99mm) |
-1.02" (-25.91mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Jan 2020 4-Month |
15.28" (388.11mm) | 13.94" (354.08mm) |
1.34" (34.03mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2002 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1978 | ||||
| Ties: 2008 | ||||||
|
Sep 2019–Jan 2020 5-Month |
16.53" (419.86mm) | 17.67" (448.82mm) |
-1.14" (-28.96mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2002 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Jan 2020 6-Month |
20.26" (514.60mm) | 22.31" (566.67mm) |
-2.05" (-52.07mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Jan 2020 7-Month |
26.40" (670.56mm) | 26.78" (680.21mm) |
-0.38" (-9.65mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2002 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Jan 2020 8-Month |
31.55" (801.37mm) | 30.49" (774.45mm) |
1.06" (26.92mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1966 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2019–Jan 2020 9-Month |
38.30" (972.82mm) | 34.22" (869.19mm) |
4.08" (103.63mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1966 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Jan 2020 10-Month |
42.27" (1,073.66mm) | 37.96" (964.18mm) |
4.31" (109.48mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1966 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Jan 2020 11-Month |
46.11" (1,171.19mm) | 41.85" (1,062.99mm) |
4.26" (108.20mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1966 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2020 12-Month |
49.37" (1,254.00mm) | 44.93" (1,141.22mm) |
4.44" (112.78mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1966 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2018–Jan 2020 18-Month |
86.00" (2,184.40mm) | 67.16" (1,705.86mm) |
18.84" (478.54mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1966 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2020 24-Month |
115.90" (2,943.86mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
26.04" (661.42mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1966 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2020 36-Month |
159.83" (4,059.68mm) | 134.85" (3,425.19mm) |
24.98" (634.49mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1966 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2021 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2020 48-Month |
199.94" (5,078.48mm) | 179.93" (4,570.22mm) |
20.01" (508.26mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1967 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1976 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2020 60-Month |
242.56" (6,161.02mm) | 224.87" (5,711.70mm) |
17.69" (449.32mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1967 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1976 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 25, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/