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.
Delaware
Precipitation Rankings, October 2020
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 2020 1-Month |
5.28" (134.11mm) | 3.13" (79.50mm) |
2.15" (54.61mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1963 |
18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Sep–Oct 2020 2-Month |
9.63" (244.60mm) | 6.73" (170.94mm) |
2.90" (73.66mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1941 |
22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1935 | ||||
Aug–Oct 2020 3-Month |
18.48" (469.39mm) | 11.33" (287.78mm) |
7.15" (181.61mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2009 | ||||
Jul–Oct 2020 4-Month |
24.85" (631.19mm) | 15.64" (397.26mm) |
9.21" (233.93mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1968 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Jun–Oct 2020 5-Month |
27.36" (694.94mm) | 19.27" (489.46mm) |
8.09" (205.48mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1921 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1989 | ||||
May–Oct 2020 6-Month |
29.99" (761.75mm) | 22.83" (579.88mm) |
7.16" (181.87mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1964 |
19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1989 | ||||
Apr–Oct 2020 7-Month |
33.95" (862.33mm) | 26.31" (668.27mm) |
7.64" (194.06mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1989 | ||||
Mar–Oct 2020 8-Month |
37.57" (954.28mm) | 30.29" (769.37mm) |
7.28" (184.91mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1989 | ||||
Feb–Oct 2020 9-Month |
40.87" (1,038.10mm) | 33.33" (846.58mm) |
7.54" (191.52mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1989 | ||||
Jan–Oct 2020 10-Month |
44.06" (1,119.12mm) | 36.82" (935.23mm) |
7.24" (183.89mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1989 | ||||
Dec 2019–Oct 2020 11-Month |
48.13" (1,222.50mm) | 40.29" (1,023.37mm) |
7.84" (199.13mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1958 | ||||
Nov 2019–Oct 2020 12-Month |
49.51" (1,257.55mm) | 43.35" (1,101.09mm) |
6.16" (156.46mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1958 | ||||
May 2019–Oct 2020 18-Month |
71.00" (1,803.40mm) | 66.15" (1,680.21mm) |
4.85" (123.19mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1930 |
47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2010 | ||||
Nov 2018–Oct 2020 24-Month |
96.75" (2,457.45mm) | 86.62" (2,200.15mm) |
10.13" (257.30mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1930 |
23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1979 | ||||
Nov 2017–Oct 2020 36-Month |
148.19" (3,764.03mm) | 129.89" (3,299.21mm) |
18.30" (464.82mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1931 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1937 | ||||
Nov 2016–Oct 2020 48-Month |
193.37" (4,911.60mm) | 173.11" (4,396.99mm) |
20.26" (514.61mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1966 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1938 | ||||
Nov 2015–Oct 2020 60-Month |
242.94" (6,170.68mm) | 216.32" (5,494.53mm) |
26.62" (676.15mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1966 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1937 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 16, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/