Climate at a Glance
National 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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 1917
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1917 1-Month |
1.66" (42.16mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
-0.69" (-17.53mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1903 | 1930 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1900, 1925 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1917 2-Month |
2.61" (66.29mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
-1.97" (-50.04mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1976 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1917 3-Month |
3.99" (101.35mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
-2.75" (-69.85mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1917 4-Month |
6.16" (156.46mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
-3.07" (-77.98mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1939 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1917 5-Month |
8.60" (218.44mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
-3.25" (-82.55mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1917 6-Month |
11.11" (282.19mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
-3.51" (-89.16mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1917 7-Month |
13.55" (344.17mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
-4.00" (-101.60mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1917 8-Month |
16.19" (411.23mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
-4.27" (-108.45mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1917 9-Month |
18.87" (479.30mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
-4.11" (-104.39mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1956 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1917 10-Month |
21.35" (542.29mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
-4.14" (-105.16mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1910 | 1956 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1917 11-Month |
23.16" (588.26mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
-4.46" (-113.29mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1910 | 1910 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1917 12-Month |
25.35" (643.89mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-4.59" (-116.59mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1910 | 1910 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jul 1916–Dec 1917 18-Month |
38.87" (987.30mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
-5.71" (-145.03mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1954 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1916–Dec 1917 24-Month |
54.77" (1,391.16mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
-5.13" (-130.30mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1911 | 1931 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1915–Dec 1917 36-Month |
87.54" (2,223.52mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-2.32" (-58.92mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1912 | 1956 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1914–Dec 1917 48-Month |
116.35" (2,955.29mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-3.43" (-87.12mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1913 | 1956 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1913–Dec 1917 60-Month |
146.19" (3,713.23mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
-3.49" (-88.64mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1956 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/