Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, March 1983
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 1983 1-Month |
3.70" (93.98mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
1.19" (30.23mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1910 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Mar 1983 2-Month |
6.38" (162.05mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
1.74" (44.19mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1910 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Mar 1983 3-Month |
8.46" (214.88mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
1.50" (38.10mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1910 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1982–Mar 1983 4-Month |
12.22" (310.39mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
2.92" (74.17mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1981 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983, 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1998 | ||||||
|
Nov 1982–Mar 1983 5-Month |
15.21" (386.33mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
3.68" (93.47mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1982–Mar 1983 6-Month |
17.54" (445.52mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
3.84" (97.54mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
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Sep 1982–Mar 1983 7-Month |
19.99" (507.75mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
3.80" (96.52mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1982–Mar 1983 8-Month |
22.54" (572.52mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
3.72" (94.49mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1982–Mar 1983 9-Month |
25.49" (647.45mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
3.89" (98.81mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1982–Mar 1983 10-Month |
28.80" (731.52mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
4.27" (108.46mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1982–Mar 1983 11-Month |
32.22" (818.39mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
4.79" (121.67mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1982–Mar 1983 12-Month |
34.74" (882.40mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
4.78" (121.42mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1981–Mar 1983 18-Month |
49.84" (1,265.94mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
6.16" (156.47mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1981–Mar 1983 24-Month |
66.92" (1,699.77mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
7.00" (177.80mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1955 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1980–Mar 1983 36-Month |
92.59" (2,351.79mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
2.72" (69.09mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1955 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1979–Mar 1983 48-Month |
124.59" (3,164.59mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
4.83" (122.69mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1957 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1978–Mar 1983 60-Month |
156.23" (3,968.24mm) | 149.62" (3,800.35mm) |
6.61" (167.89mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1957 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 4, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/