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 March 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
New Jersey
Precipitation Rankings, January 2021
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2021 1-Month |
1.87" (47.50mm) | 3.50" (88.90mm) |
-1.63" (-41.40mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1981 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 2020–Jan 2021 2-Month |
7.24" (183.90mm) | 7.18" (182.37mm) |
0.06" (1.53mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 2020–Jan 2021 3-Month |
11.33" (287.78mm) | 10.59" (268.99mm) |
0.74" (18.79mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1981 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct 2020–Jan 2021 4-Month |
16.39" (416.31mm) | 13.94" (354.08mm) |
2.45" (62.23mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2002 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1978 | ||||
|
Sep 2020–Jan 2021 5-Month |
20.80" (528.32mm) | 17.67" (448.82mm) |
3.13" (79.50mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2002 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2020–Jan 2021 6-Month |
26.92" (683.77mm) | 22.31" (566.67mm) |
4.61" (117.10mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1981 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jul 2020–Jan 2021 7-Month |
33.63" (854.20mm) | 26.78" (680.21mm) |
6.85" (173.99mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2002 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2020–Jan 2021 8-Month |
36.68" (931.67mm) | 30.49" (774.45mm) |
6.19" (157.22mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1966 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2020–Jan 2021 9-Month |
39.15" (994.41mm) | 34.22" (869.19mm) |
4.93" (125.22mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1966 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2020–Jan 2021 10-Month |
43.16" (1,096.26mm) | 37.96" (964.18mm) |
5.20" (132.08mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1966 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2020–Jan 2021 11-Month |
46.84" (1,189.74mm) | 41.85" (1,062.99mm) |
4.99" (126.75mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1966 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 2020–Jan 2021 12-Month |
49.63" (1,260.60mm) | 44.93" (1,141.22mm) |
4.70" (119.38mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1966 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2006 | ||||||
|
Aug 2019–Jan 2021 18-Month |
69.89" (1,775.21mm) | 67.16" (1,705.86mm) |
2.73" (69.35mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1966 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2021 24-Month |
99.00" (2,514.60mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
9.14" (232.16mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1966 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2021 36-Month |
165.53" (4,204.46mm) | 134.85" (3,425.19mm) |
30.68" (779.27mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1966 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2021 48-Month |
209.46" (5,320.28mm) | 179.93" (4,570.22mm) |
29.53" (750.06mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1967 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 1976 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2021 60-Month |
249.57" (6,339.08mm) | 224.87" (5,711.70mm) |
24.70" (627.38mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1967 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1976 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 19, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/