Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, September 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
September 1956 1-Month |
1.44" (36.58mm) | 2.49" (63.25mm) |
-1.05" (-26.67mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1986 | ||||
|
Aug–Sep 1956 2-Month |
3.65" (92.71mm) | 5.11" (129.79mm) |
-1.46" (-37.08mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1977 | ||||
|
Jul–Sep 1956 3-Month |
6.43" (163.32mm) | 7.88" (200.15mm) |
-1.45" (-36.83mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1930 | 1930 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Sep 1956 4-Month |
8.64" (219.46mm) | 10.81" (274.57mm) |
-2.17" (-55.11mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1930 | 1930 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1915 | ||||
|
May–Sep 1956 5-Month |
11.24" (285.50mm) | 13.72" (348.49mm) |
-2.48" (-62.99mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 1956 6-Month |
13.31" (338.07mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
-2.93" (-74.43mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1915 | ||||
|
Mar–Sep 1956 7-Month |
15.13" (384.30mm) | 18.75" (476.25mm) |
-3.62" (-91.95mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Sep 1956 8-Month |
17.75" (450.85mm) | 20.88" (530.35mm) |
-3.13" (-79.50mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1930 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Sep 1956 9-Month |
20.02" (508.51mm) | 23.20" (589.28mm) |
-3.18" (-80.77mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1934 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1955–Sep 1956 10-Month |
22.26" (565.40mm) | 25.54" (648.72mm) |
-3.28" (-83.32mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1931 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1955–Sep 1956 11-Month |
24.18" (614.17mm) | 27.77" (705.36mm) |
-3.59" (-91.19mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1934 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1955–Sep 1956 12-Month |
26.22" (665.99mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-3.72" (-94.49mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1934 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1955–Sep 1956 18-Month |
41.87" (1,063.50mm) | 46.20" (1,173.48mm) |
-4.33" (-109.98mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1931 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1954–Sep 1956 24-Month |
53.65" (1,362.71mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-6.27" (-159.26mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1918 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2020 | ||||
|
Oct 1953–Sep 1956 36-Month |
79.71" (2,024.63mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
-10.16" (-258.07mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1952–Sep 1956 48-Month |
107.36" (2,726.94mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-12.42" (-315.47mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1951–Sep 1956 60-Month |
136.41" (3,464.81mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
-13.25" (-336.55mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 3, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/