Conditions were wetter than average across parts of the Interior, Southwest and south-central Alaska during this August.
On the dry side, Louisiana ranked driest on record for the month with two additional states ranking among their top-10 driest August on record.Īcross the state of Alaska, the average monthly precipitation was 4.89 inches, ranking in the wettest third of the historical record. California and Nevada each had their second-wettest August on record, while eight additional states had a top-10 wettest August on record. Precipitation was above average across much of the West, eastern Great Lakes and Northeast, and in parts of the northern Plains, Ohio Valley and Southeast. Precipitation was below average from southern Arizona to Florida and in parts of the Northwest, western Great Lakes, central Plains and Mid-Atlantic. was 2.74 inches, 0.12 inch above average, ranking in the middle third of the historical record. August precipitation for the contiguous U.S.