Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1956 1-Month |
2.00" (50.80mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
-0.35" (-8.89mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1930 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1954, 1986 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1956 2-Month |
3.36" (85.34mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
-1.22" (-30.99mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1976 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1956 3-Month |
5.36" (136.14mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
-1.38" (-35.06mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1917 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1956 4-Month |
6.80" (172.72mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
-2.43" (-61.72mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1939 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1956 5-Month |
9.01" (228.85mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
-2.84" (-72.14mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1956 6-Month |
11.79" (299.47mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
-2.83" (-71.88mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1917 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1956 7-Month |
14.00" (355.60mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
-3.55" (-90.17mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1917 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1956 8-Month |
16.60" (421.64mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
-3.86" (-98.04mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1917 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1956 9-Month |
18.67" (474.22mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
-4.31" (-109.47mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1956 10-Month |
20.49" (520.45mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
-5.00" (-127.00mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1956 11-Month |
23.11" (586.99mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
-4.51" (-114.56mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1930 | 1910 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1956 12-Month |
25.38" (644.65mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-4.56" (-115.83mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1910 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jul 1955–Dec 1956 18-Month |
39.35" (999.49mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
-5.23" (-132.84mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1954 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1955–Dec 1956 24-Month |
53.12" (1,349.25mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
-6.78" (-172.21mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1931 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1954–Dec 1956 36-Month |
79.27" (2,013.46mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-10.59" (-268.98mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1953–Dec 1956 48-Month |
107.58" (2,732.53mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-12.20" (-309.88mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1952–Dec 1956 60-Month |
133.92" (3,401.57mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
-15.76" (-400.30mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 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/