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, June 1972
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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June 1972 1-Month |
3.10" (78.74mm) | 2.93" (74.42mm) |
0.17" (4.32mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1933 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Jun 1972 2-Month |
6.05" (153.67mm) | 5.84" (148.34mm) |
0.21" (5.33mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1988 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1987 | ||||||
|
Apr–Jun 1972 3-Month |
8.31" (211.07mm) | 8.35" (212.09mm) |
-0.04" (-1.02mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1988 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–Jun 1972 4-Month |
10.44" (265.18mm) | 10.86" (275.84mm) |
-0.42" (-10.66mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1988 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1957 | ||||
|
Feb–Jun 1972 5-Month |
12.24" (310.90mm) | 13.00" (330.20mm) |
-0.76" (-19.30mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1988 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Jun 1972 6-Month |
14.57" (370.08mm) | 15.31" (388.87mm) |
-0.74" (-18.79mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1988 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1971–Jun 1972 7-Month |
17.77" (451.36mm) | 17.66" (448.56mm) |
0.11" (2.80mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1971–Jun 1972 8-Month |
19.80" (502.92mm) | 19.89" (505.21mm) |
-0.09" (-2.29mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1934 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1971–Jun 1972 9-Month |
22.53" (572.26mm) | 22.05" (560.07mm) |
0.48" (12.19mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1934 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1971–Jun 1972 10-Month |
25.36" (644.14mm) | 24.55" (623.57mm) |
0.81" (20.57mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1934 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2004 | ||||||
|
Aug 1971–Jun 1972 11-Month |
28.11" (713.99mm) | 27.17" (690.12mm) |
0.94" (23.87mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1918 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1971–Jun 1972 12-Month |
31.11" (790.19mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
1.15" (29.21mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1971–Jun 1972 18-Month |
44.90" (1,140.46mm) | 45.27" (1,149.86mm) |
-0.37" (-9.40mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1970–Jun 1972 24-Month |
60.04" (1,525.02mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
0.11" (2.80mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1915 | ||||||
|
Jul 1969–Jun 1972 36-Month |
89.53" (2,274.06mm) | 89.89" (2,283.21mm) |
-0.36" (-9.15mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1956 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1968–Jun 1972 48-Month |
120.90" (3,070.86mm) | 119.79" (3,042.67mm) |
1.11" (28.19mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1956 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1967–Jun 1972 60-Month |
150.52" (3,823.21mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
0.86" (21.85mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1934 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/