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 March 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Wisconsin
Precipitation Rankings, August 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 2020 1-Month |
3.33" (84.58mm) | 3.78" (96.01mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1930 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1980 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2020 2-Month |
8.88" (225.55mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2020 3-Month |
13.88" (352.55mm) | 11.75" (298.45mm) |
2.13" (54.10mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1910 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2010 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2020 4-Month |
17.85" (453.39mm) | 15.29" (388.37mm) |
2.56" (65.02mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1976 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2010 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2020 5-Month |
20.12" (511.05mm) | 17.92" (455.17mm) |
2.20" (55.88mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1988 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2020 6-Month |
23.16" (588.26mm) | 19.72" (500.89mm) |
3.44" (87.37mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1910 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2020 7-Month |
23.85" (605.79mm) | 20.75" (527.05mm) |
3.10" (78.74mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1910 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1938 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2020 8-Month |
25.19" (639.83mm) | 21.89" (556.01mm) |
3.30" (83.82mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1910 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Aug 2020 9-Month |
27.85" (707.39mm) | 23.16" (588.26mm) |
4.69" (119.13mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Aug 2020 10-Month |
29.88" (758.95mm) | 25.14" (638.56mm) |
4.74" (120.39mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Aug 2020 11-Month |
34.76" (882.90mm) | 27.58" (700.53mm) |
7.18" (182.37mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Aug 2020 12-Month |
41.79" (1,061.47mm) | 31.35" (796.29mm) |
10.44" (265.18mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Aug 2020 18-Month |
65.19" (1,655.83mm) | 51.04" (1,296.42mm) |
14.15" (359.41mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Aug 2020 24-Month |
84.00" (2,133.60mm) | 62.69" (1,592.33mm) |
21.31" (541.27mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2020 36-Month |
117.66" (2,988.56mm) | 94.00" (2,387.60mm) |
23.66" (600.96mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1958 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2020 48-Month |
159.81" (4,059.17mm) | 125.25" (3,181.35mm) |
34.56" (877.82mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2020 60-Month |
201.23" (5,111.24mm) | 156.50" (3,975.10mm) |
44.73" (1,136.14mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 21, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/