Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Precipitation Rankings, October 1981
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1981 1-Month |
2.44" (61.98mm) | 1.20" (30.48mm) |
1.24" (31.50mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1917 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1962 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1981 2-Month |
3.02" (76.71mm) | 1.65" (41.91mm) |
1.37" (34.80mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 2020 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1962 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1981 3-Month |
3.12" (79.25mm) | 1.89" (48.01mm) |
1.23" (31.24mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1995, 2002, 2020 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1962 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1981 4-Month |
3.16" (80.26mm) | 2.07" (52.58mm) |
1.09" (27.68mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 2020 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1962 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1981 5-Month |
3.25" (82.55mm) | 2.42" (61.47mm) |
0.83" (21.08mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 2002 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1982 | ||||
| Ties: 1997 | ||||||
|
May–Oct 1981 6-Month |
4.15" (105.41mm) | 3.30" (83.82mm) |
0.85" (21.59mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 2002 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1957 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1981 7-Month |
5.12" (130.05mm) | 4.93" (125.22mm) |
0.19" (4.83mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 2002 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1963 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1981 8-Month |
9.16" (232.66mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
1.02" (25.90mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 2008 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1981 9-Month |
11.24" (285.50mm) | 11.99" (304.55mm) |
-0.75" (-19.05mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1966 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1999 | ||||||
|
Jan–Oct 1981 10-Month |
15.63" (397.00mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
-0.61" (-15.50mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 2013 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1980–Oct 1981 11-Month |
18.25" (463.55mm) | 19.87" (504.70mm) |
-1.62" (-41.15mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1980–Oct 1981 12-Month |
18.88" (479.55mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
-3.56" (-90.43mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1983 | ||||
|
May 1980–Oct 1981 18-Month |
21.12" (536.45mm) | 25.75" (654.05mm) |
-4.63" (-117.60mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1979–Oct 1981 24-Month |
45.44" (1,154.18mm) | 44.87" (1,139.70mm) |
0.57" (14.48mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1977 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Oct 1981 36-Month |
67.87" (1,723.90mm) | 67.29" (1,709.17mm) |
0.58" (14.73mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 2014 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1977–Oct 1981 48-Month |
101.33" (2,573.78mm) | 89.47" (2,272.54mm) |
11.86" (301.24mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 2015 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1976–Oct 1981 60-Month |
112.18" (2,849.37mm) | 111.65" (2,835.91mm) |
0.53" (13.46mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1991 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 17, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/