Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, October 1983
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1983 1-Month |
2.61" (66.29mm) | 2.16" (54.86mm) |
0.45" (11.43mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1952 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1981 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1937 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 1983 2-Month |
4.87" (123.70mm) | 4.65" (118.11mm) |
0.22" (5.59mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1952 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1981 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1951, 2017 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 1983 3-Month |
7.24" (183.90mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
-0.03" (-0.76mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1952 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1983 4-Month |
9.32" (236.73mm) | 10.05" (255.27mm) |
-0.73" (-18.54mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1952 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1983 5-Month |
12.27" (311.66mm) | 12.97" (329.44mm) |
-0.70" (-17.78mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1952 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1938 | ||||||
|
May–Oct 1983 6-Month |
15.74" (399.80mm) | 15.88" (403.35mm) |
-0.14" (-3.55mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1952 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1983 7-Month |
18.94" (481.08mm) | 18.40" (467.36mm) |
0.54" (13.72mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1952 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1968 | ||||||
|
Mar–Oct 1983 8-Month |
22.64" (575.06mm) | 20.91" (531.11mm) |
1.73" (43.95mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1979 | ||||||
|
Feb–Oct 1983 9-Month |
25.32" (643.13mm) | 23.04" (585.22mm) |
2.28" (57.91mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1934 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1983 10-Month |
27.40" (695.96mm) | 25.36" (644.14mm) |
2.04" (51.82mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1934 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1982–Oct 1983 11-Month |
31.16" (791.46mm) | 27.70" (703.58mm) |
3.46" (87.88mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1931 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1982–Oct 1983 12-Month |
34.15" (867.41mm) | 29.93" (760.22mm) |
4.22" (107.19mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1934 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1982–Oct 1983 18-Month |
51.16" (1,299.46mm) | 45.83" (1,164.08mm) |
5.33" (135.38mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1931 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1981–Oct 1983 24-Month |
65.68" (1,668.27mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
5.78" (146.81mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1931 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1980–Oct 1983 36-Month |
94.55" (2,401.57mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
4.69" (119.13mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1979–Oct 1983 48-Month |
123.69" (3,141.73mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
3.91" (99.32mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Oct 1983 60-Month |
157.37" (3,997.20mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
7.71" (195.84mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1934 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/