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.
Wisconsin
Precipitation Rankings, August 1940
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1940 1-Month |
5.95" (151.13mm) | 3.78" (96.01mm) |
2.17" (55.12mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1930 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1980 | ||||
| Ties: 1912 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1940 2-Month |
8.66" (219.96mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
1.08" (27.43mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1930 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1940 3-Month |
15.02" (381.51mm) | 11.75" (298.45mm) |
3.27" (83.06mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1910 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2010 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1940 4-Month |
18.55" (471.17mm) | 15.29" (388.37mm) |
3.26" (82.80mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1976 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2010 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1940 5-Month |
20.95" (532.13mm) | 17.92" (455.17mm) |
3.03" (76.96mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1988 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 1914 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1940 6-Month |
22.27" (565.66mm) | 19.72" (500.89mm) |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1910 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 2001 | ||||||
|
Feb–Aug 1940 7-Month |
23.32" (592.33mm) | 20.75" (527.05mm) |
2.57" (65.28mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1910 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1938 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1940 8-Month |
24.15" (613.41mm) | 21.89" (556.01mm) |
2.26" (57.40mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1910 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2017 | ||||
|
Dec 1939–Aug 1940 9-Month |
25.01" (635.25mm) | 23.16" (588.26mm) |
1.85" (46.99mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1931 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2017 | ||||
|
Nov 1939–Aug 1940 10-Month |
25.35" (643.89mm) | 25.14" (638.56mm) |
0.21" (5.33mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1931 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1939–Aug 1940 11-Month |
27.14" (689.36mm) | 27.58" (700.53mm) |
-0.44" (-11.17mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1931 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1939–Aug 1940 12-Month |
29.66" (753.36mm) | 31.35" (796.29mm) |
-1.69" (-42.93mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1931 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1939–Aug 1940 18-Month |
46.97" (1,193.04mm) | 51.04" (1,296.42mm) |
-4.07" (-103.38mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1931 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 1938–Aug 1940 24-Month |
62.46" (1,586.48mm) | 62.69" (1,592.33mm) |
-0.23" (-5.85mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1931 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1937–Aug 1940 36-Month |
100.23" (2,545.84mm) | 94.00" (2,387.60mm) |
6.23" (158.24mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1958 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1914 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1936–Aug 1940 48-Month |
127.48" (3,237.99mm) | 125.25" (3,181.35mm) |
2.23" (56.64mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1934 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1935–Aug 1940 60-Month |
152.33" (3,869.18mm) | 156.50" (3,975.10mm) |
-4.17" (-105.92mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1934 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 21, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/