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 August 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, October 2018
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 2018 1-Month |
5.08" (129.03mm) | 3.12" (79.25mm) |
1.96" (49.78mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 2000 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1976 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2018 2-Month |
13.04" (331.22mm) | 6.67" (169.42mm) |
6.37" (161.80mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1941 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1979 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2018 3-Month |
18.85" (478.79mm) | 11.02" (279.91mm) |
7.83" (198.88mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2018 4-Month |
24.24" (615.70mm) | 15.54" (394.72mm) |
8.70" (220.98mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2018 5-Month |
30.20" (767.08mm) | 19.52" (495.81mm) |
10.68" (271.27mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2018 6-Month |
37.47" (951.74mm) | 23.36" (593.34mm) |
14.11" (358.40mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2018 7-Month |
41.90" (1,064.26mm) | 26.72" (678.69mm) |
15.18" (385.57mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2018 8-Month |
45.07" (1,144.78mm) | 30.51" (774.95mm) |
14.56" (369.83mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2018 9-Month |
49.42" (1,255.27mm) | 33.53" (851.66mm) |
15.89" (403.61mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2018 10-Month |
52.09" (1,323.09mm) | 36.88" (936.75mm) |
15.21" (386.34mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
Dec 2017–Oct 2018 11-Month |
53.20" (1,351.28mm) | 40.10" (1,018.54mm) |
13.10" (332.74mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–Oct 2018 12-Month |
54.56" (1,385.82mm) | 42.96" (1,091.18mm) |
11.60" (294.64mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
May 2017–Oct 2018 18-Month |
80.81" (2,052.57mm) | 66.28" (1,683.51mm) |
14.53" (369.06mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1931 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Oct 2018 24-Month |
98.23" (2,495.04mm) | 85.89" (2,181.61mm) |
12.34" (313.43mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1931 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2004 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Oct 2018 36-Month |
148.20" (3,764.28mm) | 128.85" (3,272.79mm) |
19.35" (491.49mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1932 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2005 | ||||
|
Nov 2014–Oct 2018 48-Month |
195.16" (4,957.06mm) | 171.78" (4,363.21mm) |
23.38" (593.85mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1968 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2013–Oct 2018 60-Month |
241.41" (6,131.81mm) | 214.72" (5,453.89mm) |
26.69" (677.92mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1967 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published September 2020, retrieved on September 27, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/