Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, April 1983
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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April 1983 1-Month |
3.20" (81.28mm) | 2.52" (64.01mm) |
0.68" (17.27mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1987 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 1983 2-Month |
6.90" (175.26mm) | 5.03" (127.76mm) |
1.87" (47.50mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1910 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 1983 3-Month |
9.58" (243.33mm) | 7.16" (181.86mm) |
2.42" (61.47mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1910 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 1983 4-Month |
11.66" (296.16mm) | 9.48" (240.79mm) |
2.18" (55.37mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1910 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1998 | ||||
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Dec 1982–Apr 1983 5-Month |
15.42" (391.67mm) | 11.82" (300.23mm) |
3.60" (91.44mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1982–Apr 1983 6-Month |
18.41" (467.61mm) | 14.05" (356.87mm) |
4.36" (110.74mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1982–Apr 1983 7-Month |
20.74" (526.80mm) | 16.22" (411.99mm) |
4.52" (114.81mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1981 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep 1982–Apr 1983 8-Month |
23.19" (589.03mm) | 18.71" (475.23mm) |
4.48" (113.80mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1982–Apr 1983 9-Month |
25.74" (653.80mm) | 21.33" (541.78mm) |
4.41" (112.02mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1982–Apr 1983 10-Month |
28.69" (728.73mm) | 24.12" (612.65mm) |
4.57" (116.08mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1931 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1982–Apr 1983 11-Month |
32.00" (812.80mm) | 27.04" (686.82mm) |
4.96" (125.98mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1973 | ||||||
|
May 1982–Apr 1983 12-Month |
35.42" (899.67mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
5.47" (138.94mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
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Nov 1981–Apr 1983 18-Month |
49.94" (1,268.48mm) | 44.02" (1,118.11mm) |
5.92" (150.37mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1931 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2020 | ||||
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May 1981–Apr 1983 24-Month |
67.93" (1,725.42mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
8.01" (203.45mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1955 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1980–Apr 1983 36-Month |
93.41" (2,372.61mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
3.53" (89.66mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1955 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2020 | ||||
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May 1979–Apr 1983 48-Month |
124.72" (3,167.89mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
4.95" (125.73mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
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May 1978–Apr 1983 60-Month |
156.89" (3,985.01mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
7.26" (184.41mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1957 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/