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, March 1973
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 1973 1-Month |
4.00" (101.60mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
1.49" (37.85mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1910 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Mar 1973 2-Month |
5.96" (151.38mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
1.32" (33.52mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1910 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Mar 1973 3-Month |
8.44" (214.38mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
1.48" (37.60mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1910 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1972–Mar 1973 4-Month |
11.46" (291.08mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
2.16" (54.86mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1981 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983, 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1972–Mar 1973 5-Month |
14.51" (368.55mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
2.98" (75.69mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1998 | ||||||
|
Oct 1972–Mar 1973 6-Month |
17.26" (438.40mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
3.56" (90.42mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1972–Mar 1973 7-Month |
20.00" (508.00mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
3.81" (96.77mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1918 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1972–Mar 1973 8-Month |
22.64" (575.06mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
3.82" (97.03mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1918 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1972–Mar 1973 9-Month |
25.57" (649.48mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
3.97" (100.84mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1972–Mar 1973 10-Month |
28.67" (728.22mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
4.14" (105.16mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1972–Mar 1973 11-Month |
31.62" (803.15mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
4.19" (106.43mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1972–Mar 1973 12-Month |
33.88" (860.55mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
3.92" (99.57mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1918 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1971–Mar 1973 18-Month |
48.10" (1,221.74mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
4.42" (112.27mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1918 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1971–Mar 1973 24-Month |
63.99" (1,625.35mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
4.07" (103.38mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1955 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1970–Mar 1973 36-Month |
93.77" (2,381.76mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
3.90" (99.06mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1955 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1969–Mar 1973 48-Month |
123.67" (3,141.22mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
3.91" (99.32mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1957 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1968–Mar 1973 60-Month |
155.38" (3,946.65mm) | 149.62" (3,800.35mm) |
5.76" (146.30mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1957 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/