Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, April 1957
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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April 1957 1-Month |
3.65" (92.71mm) | 2.52" (64.01mm) |
1.13" (28.70mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1987 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 1957 2-Month |
6.16" (156.46mm) | 5.03" (127.76mm) |
1.13" (28.70mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1910 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 1957 3-Month |
8.24" (209.30mm) | 7.16" (181.86mm) |
1.08" (27.44mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1910 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1961 | ||||||
|
Jan–Apr 1957 4-Month |
10.37" (263.40mm) | 9.47" (240.54mm) |
0.90" (22.86mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1910 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1956–Apr 1957 5-Month |
12.37" (314.20mm) | 11.82" (300.23mm) |
0.55" (13.97mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1931 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1956–Apr 1957 6-Month |
13.73" (348.74mm) | 14.05" (356.87mm) |
-0.32" (-8.13mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1977 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1956–Apr 1957 7-Month |
15.73" (399.54mm) | 16.22" (411.99mm) |
-0.49" (-12.45mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1981 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1956–Apr 1957 8-Month |
17.17" (436.12mm) | 18.71" (475.23mm) |
-1.54" (-39.11mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1918 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1956–Apr 1957 9-Month |
19.38" (492.25mm) | 21.33" (541.78mm) |
-1.95" (-49.53mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1918 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1956–Apr 1957 10-Month |
22.16" (562.86mm) | 24.12" (612.65mm) |
-1.96" (-49.79mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1931 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1956–Apr 1957 11-Month |
24.37" (619.00mm) | 27.04" (686.82mm) |
-2.67" (-67.82mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1931 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1956–Apr 1957 12-Month |
26.97" (685.04mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
-2.98" (-75.69mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1918 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1955–Apr 1957 18-Month |
39.91" (1,013.71mm) | 44.02" (1,118.11mm) |
-4.11" (-104.40mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1931 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1955–Apr 1957 24-Month |
55.11" (1,399.79mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-4.81" (-122.18mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1955 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1954–Apr 1957 36-Month |
81.05" (2,058.67mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
-8.83" (-224.28mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1955 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1953–Apr 1957 48-Month |
107.68" (2,735.07mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
-12.09" (-307.09mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1952–Apr 1957 60-Month |
134.52" (3,416.81mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
-15.11" (-383.79mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1957 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/