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 July 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, July 1996
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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July 1996 1-Month |
3.12" (79.25mm) | 2.78" (70.61mm) |
0.34" (8.64mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1930 |
17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1950, 1958 | ||||
Jun–Jul 1996 2-Month |
5.99" (152.15mm) | 5.70" (144.78mm) |
0.29" (7.37mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1930 |
45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1928 | ||||
Ties: 1994 | ||||||
May–Jul 1996 3-Month |
9.31" (236.47mm) | 8.62" (218.95mm) |
0.69" (17.52mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1988 |
31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2015 | ||||
Apr–Jul 1996 4-Month |
11.87" (301.50mm) | 11.13" (282.70mm) |
0.74" (18.80mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1934 |
37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2011 | ||||||
Mar–Jul 1996 5-Month |
14.11" (358.39mm) | 13.64" (346.46mm) |
0.47" (11.93mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1936 |
53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1973 | ||||
Ties: 1950 | ||||||
Feb–Jul 1996 6-Month |
16.00" (406.40mm) | 15.78" (400.81mm) |
0.22" (5.59mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1934 |
62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
Jan–Jul 1996 7-Month |
18.82" (478.03mm) | 18.09" (459.49mm) |
0.73" (18.54mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1934 |
43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1995–Jul 1996 8-Month |
21.07" (535.18mm) | 20.43" (518.92mm) |
0.64" (16.26mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1931 |
50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1992 | ||||||
Nov 1995–Jul 1996 9-Month |
23.44" (595.38mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
0.78" (19.82mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1934 |
49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1923 | ||||||
Oct 1995–Jul 1996 10-Month |
26.07" (662.18mm) | 24.83" (630.68mm) |
1.24" (31.50mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1934 |
39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
Sep 1995–Jul 1996 11-Month |
28.27" (718.06mm) | 27.33" (694.18mm) |
0.94" (23.88mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1934 |
49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1995–Jul 1996 12-Month |
30.93" (785.62mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
0.98" (24.89mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1918 |
47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
Feb 1995–Jul 1996 18-Month |
48.33" (1,227.58mm) | 45.74" (1,161.80mm) |
2.59" (65.78mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1931 |
29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1994–Jul 1996 24-Month |
64.14" (1,629.16mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
4.22" (107.19mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1918 |
18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2020 | ||||
Aug 1993–Jul 1996 36-Month |
93.75" (2,381.25mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
3.87" (98.30mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1956 |
29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1992–Jul 1996 48-Month |
127.71" (3,243.83mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
7.93" (201.42mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1956 |
13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1991–Jul 1996 60-Month |
158.50" (4,025.90mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
8.86" (225.04mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1934 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 14, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/