National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 1961
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 1961 1-Month |
2.69" (68.33mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
0.34" (8.64mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: |
1930 |
37th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1990 | ||||||
Nov– 2-Month |
5.28" (134.11mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
0.70" (17.78mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
26th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Oct– 3-Month |
7.06" (179.32mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
0.32" (8.12mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
54th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Sep– 4-Month |
10.00" (254.00mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
0.77" (19.56mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: |
1939 |
39th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Aug– 5-Month |
12.62" (320.55mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
0.77" (19.56mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
43rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Jul– 6-Month |
15.73" (399.54mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
1.11" (28.19mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
31st Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Jun– 7-Month |
18.65" (473.71mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
1.10" (27.94mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
37th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
May– 8-Month |
21.53" (546.86mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
1.07" (27.18mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Ties: 2016 | ||||||
Apr– 9-Month |
23.83" (605.28mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
0.85" (21.59mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
53rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Mar– 10-Month |
26.99" (685.55mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
1.50" (38.10mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
32nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Feb– 11-Month |
29.77" (756.16mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
2.15" (54.61mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
23rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Jan– 12-Month |
31.25" (793.75mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
1.31" (33.27mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
36th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1973 | ||||
Ties: 1951 | ||||||
Jul 1960– 18-Month |
45.32" (1,151.13mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
0.74" (18.80mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: |
1954 |
57th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1928 | ||||||
Jan 1960– 24-Month |
60.00" (1,524.00mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
0.10" (2.54mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
69th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1912 | ||||||
Jan 1959– 36-Month |
90.60" (2,301.24mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
0.74" (18.80mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
56th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 1958– 48-Month |
120.83" (3,069.08mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
1.05" (26.67mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
60th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 1957– 60-Month |
154.70" (3,929.38mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
5.02" (127.51mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
29th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on January 31, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings