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Contiguous U.S.

January 2014 Precipitation Rankings

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PeriodValue
1901-2000
Mean
AnomalyRank
(1895-2025)
Driest/Wettest
Since
Record
January 2014
1-Month
1.37in
(34.80mm)
2.31in
(58.67mm)
-0.94in6th Driest
Driest since:
1981
126th Wettest
Wettest since:
1916
Dec 2013–Jan 2014
2-Month
3.58in
(90.93mm)
4.66in
(118.36mm)
-1.08in11th Driest
Driest since:
1981
120th Wettest
Wettest since:
1932
Nov 2013–Jan 2014
3-Month
5.62in
(142.75mm)
6.89in
(175.01mm)
-1.27in18th Driest
Driest since:
1977
113th Wettest
Wettest since:
2016
Oct 2013–Jan 2014
4-Month
7.85in
(199.39mm)
9.05in
(229.87mm)
-1.20in24th Driest
Driest since:
1981
107th Wettest
Wettest since:
2016
Sep 2013–Jan 2014
5-Month
10.83in
(275.08mm)
11.54in
(293.12mm)
-0.71in41st Driest
Driest since:
1940
90th Wettest
Wettest since:
2019
Aug 2013–Jan 2014
6-Month
13.39in
(340.11mm)
14.17in
(359.92mm)
-0.78in38th Driest
Driest since:
1940
93rd Wettest
Wettest since:
2019
Jul 2013–Jan 2014
7-Month
16.73in
(424.94mm)
16.95in
(430.53mm)
-0.22in48th Driest
Driest since:
1940
83rd Wettest
Wettest since:
2019
Jun 2013–Jan 2014
8-Month
20.07in
(509.78mm)
19.87in
(504.70mm)
0.20in64th Driest
Driest since:
1981
67th Wettest
Wettest since:
2019
May 2013–Jan 2014
9-Month
23.42in
(594.87mm)
22.78in
(578.61mm)
0.64in78th Driest
Driest since:
1940
53rd Wettest
Wettest since:
2016
Apr 2013–Jan 2014
10-Month
26.32in
(668.53mm)
25.30in
(642.62mm)
1.02in92nd Driest
Driest since:
1940
39th Wettest
Wettest since:
2016
Mar 2013–Jan 2014
11-Month
28.03in
(711.96mm)
27.81in
(706.37mm)
0.22in67th Driest
Driest since:
1957
64th Wettest
Wettest since:
1974
Feb 2013–Jan 2014
12-Month
30.04in
(763.02mm)
29.95in
(760.73mm)
0.09in64th Driest
Driest since:
1931
67th Wettest
Wettest since:
1974
Aug 2012–Jan 2014
18-Month
43.65in
(1,108.71mm)
44.12in-0.47in51st Driest
Driest since:
1955
79th Wettest
Wettest since:
2020
Feb 2012–Jan 2014
24-Month
57.84in
(1,469.14mm)
59.90in-2.06in32nd Driest
Driest since:
1918
98th Wettest
Wettest since:
2020
Feb 2011–Jan 2014
36-Month
88.37in
(2,244.60mm)
89.81in-1.44in45th Driest
Driest since:
1957
84th Wettest
Wettest since:
2020
Feb 2010–Jan 2014
48-Month
118.76in
(3,016.50mm)
119.70in-0.94in53rd Driest
Driest since:
1957
75th Wettest
Wettest since:
2020
Feb 2009–Jan 2014
60-Month
152.07in
(3,862.58mm)
149.55in2.52in75th Driest
Driest since:
1957
52nd Wettest
Wettest since:
2020

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