Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Alaska
Precipitation Rankings, August 1981
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| Period | Value | 1925-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1925-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1981 1-Month |
5.44" (138.18mm) | 4.37" (111.00mm) |
1.07" (27.18mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1941 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1981 2-Month |
9.95" (252.73mm) | 7.66" (194.56mm) |
2.29" (58.17mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1977 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1981 3-Month |
12.69" (322.33mm) | 10.00" (254.00mm) |
2.69" (68.33mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1957 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2014 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1981 4-Month |
14.37" (365.00mm) | 12.11" (307.59mm) |
2.26" (57.41mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1957 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1998 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1981 5-Month |
15.80" (401.32mm) | 14.00" (355.60mm) |
1.80" (45.72mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1957 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1998 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1981 6-Month |
18.47" (469.14mm) | 16.23" (412.24mm) |
2.24" (56.90mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1957 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1998 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1981 7-Month |
21.18" (537.97mm) | 18.55" (471.17mm) |
2.63" (66.80mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1957 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1963 | 1963 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1981 8-Month |
25.42" (645.67mm) | 21.28" (540.51mm) |
4.14" (105.16mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1969 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1963 | 1963 | ||||
|
Dec 1980–Aug 1981 9-Month |
27.40" (695.96mm) | 24.38" (619.25mm) |
3.02" (76.71mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1969 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1963 | 1944 | ||||
|
Nov 1980–Aug 1981 10-Month |
30.76" (781.30mm) | 27.76" (705.10mm) |
3.00" (76.20mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1969 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1944 | ||||
|
Oct 1980–Aug 1981 11-Month |
35.94" (912.88mm) | 32.15" (816.61mm) |
3.79" (96.27mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1969 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1944 | ||||
| Ties: 1988 | ||||||
|
Sep 1980–Aug 1981 12-Month |
39.76" (1,009.90mm) | 36.70" (932.18mm) |
3.06" (77.72mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1969 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1944 | ||||
|
Mar 1980–Aug 1981 18-Month |
58.18" (1,477.77mm) | 52.92" (1,344.17mm) |
5.26" (133.60mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1969 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1944 | ||||
|
Sep 1979–Aug 1981 24-Month |
81.69" (2,074.93mm) | 73.26" (1,860.80mm) |
8.43" (214.13mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1969 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1930 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–Aug 1981 36-Month |
118.64" (3,013.46mm) | 109.83" (2,789.68mm) |
8.81" (223.78mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1974 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1963 | 1931 | ||||
|
Sep 1977–Aug 1981 48-Month |
150.09" (3,812.29mm) | 146.33" (3,716.78mm) |
3.76" (95.51mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1972 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1932 | ||||
|
Sep 1976–Aug 1981 60-Month |
188.59" (4,790.19mm) | 182.81" (4,643.37mm) |
5.78" (146.82mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1976 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1932 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/