Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Precipitation Rankings, August 1966
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1966 1-Month |
0.15" (3.81mm) | 0.24" (6.10mm) |
-0.09" (-2.29mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1964 | 1937, 2002 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1924, 1949 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1966 2-Month |
0.32" (8.13mm) | 0.42" (10.67mm) |
-0.10" (-2.54mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1964 | 1940 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1915, 1942, 1947, 1963, 1970, 2011 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 1966 3-Month |
0.44" (11.18mm) | 0.77" (19.56mm) |
-0.33" (-8.38mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 2002 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1913 | ||||
| Ties: 1996 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1966 4-Month |
0.71" (18.03mm) | 1.65" (41.91mm) |
-0.94" (-23.88mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1924 | 1924 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1919, 2001 | ||||||
|
Apr–Aug 1966 5-Month |
1.42" (36.07mm) | 3.28" (83.31mm) |
-1.86" (-47.24mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 2021 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1896 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1966 6-Month |
2.70" (68.58mm) | 6.50" (165.10mm) |
-3.80" (-96.52mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 2008 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1995 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1966 7-Month |
4.59" (116.59mm) | 10.35" (262.89mm) |
-5.76" (-146.30mm) | 5th Driest | Driest to Date | 1997, 2021 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1966 8-Month |
7.64" (194.06mm) | 14.60" (370.84mm) |
-6.96" (-176.78mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1924 | 2013 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1995 | ||||
|
Dec 1965–Aug 1966 9-Month |
11.67" (296.42mm) | 18.22" (462.79mm) |
-6.55" (-166.37mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1964 | 1924 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1965–Aug 1966 10-Month |
17.84" (453.14mm) | 20.80" (528.32mm) |
-2.96" (-75.18mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1964 | 1924 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1965–Aug 1966 11-Month |
18.01" (457.45mm) | 22.00" (558.80mm) |
-3.99" (-101.35mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1964 | 1924 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1965–Aug 1966 12-Month |
18.17" (461.52mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
-4.27" (-108.46mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1964 | 2021 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1983 | ||||
|
Mar 1965–Aug 1966 18-Month |
25.01" (635.25mm) | 28.96" (735.58mm) |
-3.95" (-100.33mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1977 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1964–Aug 1966 24-Month |
43.29" (1,099.57mm) | 44.90" (1,140.46mm) |
-1.61" (-40.89mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1977 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1963 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1963–Aug 1966 36-Month |
60.06" (1,525.52mm) | 67.31" (1,709.67mm) |
-7.25" (-184.15mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1962 | 2014 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1962–Aug 1966 48-Month |
84.35" (2,142.49mm) | 89.50" (2,273.30mm) |
-5.15" (-130.81mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1964 | 2015 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1998 | ||||
|
Sep 1961–Aug 1966 60-Month |
105.10" (2,669.54mm) | 111.68" (2,836.67mm) |
-6.58" (-167.13mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1991 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 16, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/