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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Rhode Island
Precipitation Rankings, August 2006
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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August 2006 1-Month |
4.44" (112.78mm) | 4.05" (102.87mm) |
0.39" (9.91mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1984 |
43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1955 | ||||
Jul–Aug 2006 2-Month |
7.36" (186.94mm) | 7.31" (185.67mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1907 |
53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1927 | ||||
Jun–Aug 2006 3-Month |
17.91" (454.91mm) | 10.62" (269.75mm) |
7.29" (185.16mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1949 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1922 | ||||
May–Aug 2006 4-Month |
25.59" (649.99mm) | 14.07" (357.38mm) |
11.52" (292.61mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1944 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
Apr–Aug 2006 5-Month |
28.56" (725.42mm) | 18.13" (460.50mm) |
10.43" (264.92mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1999 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
Mar–Aug 2006 6-Month |
29.15" (740.41mm) | 22.34" (567.44mm) |
6.81" (172.97mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1965 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1998 | ||||
Feb–Aug 2006 7-Month |
31.89" (810.01mm) | 25.78" (654.81mm) |
6.11" (155.20mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1957 |
16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 1998 | ||||
Ties: 1953 | ||||||
Jan–Aug 2006 8-Month |
37.65" (956.31mm) | 29.72" (754.89mm) |
7.93" (201.42mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1957 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1998 | ||||
Dec 2005–Aug 2006 9-Month |
41.86" (1,063.24mm) | 33.88" (860.55mm) |
7.98" (202.69mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1944 |
12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1998 | ||||
Nov 2005–Aug 2006 10-Month |
47.55" (1,207.77mm) | 38.03" (965.96mm) |
9.52" (241.81mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1944 |
9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1998 | ||||
Oct 2005–Aug 2006 11-Month |
62.09" (1,577.09mm) | 41.56" (1,055.62mm) |
20.53" (521.47mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1966 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
Sep 2005–Aug 2006 12-Month |
65.39" (1,660.91mm) | 45.16" (1,147.06mm) |
20.23" (513.85mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1966 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Mar 2005–Aug 2006 18-Month |
87.69" (2,227.33mm) | 67.43" (1,712.72mm) |
20.26" (514.61mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1966 |
4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1984 | ||||
Sep 2004–Aug 2006 24-Month |
114.37" (2,905.00mm) | 90.23" (2,291.84mm) |
24.14" (613.16mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1966 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
Sep 2003–Aug 2006 36-Month |
161.30" (4,097.02mm) | 135.44" (3,440.18mm) |
25.86" (656.84mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1966 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1984 | ||||
Sep 2002–Aug 2006 48-Month |
216.93" (5,510.02mm) | 180.62" (4,587.75mm) |
36.31" (922.27mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1966 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2009 | ||||
Sep 2001–Aug 2006 60-Month |
251.64" (6,391.66mm) | 225.77" (5,734.56mm) |
25.87" (657.10mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1966 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2010 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/