National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 1996
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 1996 1-Month |
3.29" (83.57mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
0.94" (23.88mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1930 |
6th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Nov– 2-Month |
6.29" (159.77mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
1.71" (43.44mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
4th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Oct– 3-Month |
8.78" (223.01mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
2.04" (51.81mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Sep– 4-Month |
12.22" (310.39mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
2.99" (75.95mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: |
1939 |
4th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Aug– 5-Month |
14.88" (377.95mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
3.03" (76.96mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2018 | ||||
Jul– 6-Month |
18.00" (457.20mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
3.38" (85.85mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2018 | ||||
Jun– 7-Month |
20.87" (530.10mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
3.32" (84.33mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
May– 8-Month |
24.19" (614.43mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
3.73" (94.75mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
4th Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2015 | ||||
Apr– 9-Month |
26.75" (679.45mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
3.77" (95.76mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
6th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Mar– 10-Month |
28.99" (736.35mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
3.50" (88.90mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Feb– 11-Month |
30.88" (784.35mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
3.26" (82.80mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Jan– 12-Month |
33.70" (855.98mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
3.76" (95.50mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
9th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1973 | ||||
Jul 1995– 18-Month |
48.46" (1,230.88mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
3.88" (98.55mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: |
1954 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 1995– 24-Month |
66.39" (1,686.31mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
6.49" (164.85mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 1994– 36-Month |
97.01" (2,464.05mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
7.15" (181.61mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 1993– 48-Month |
129.63" (3,292.60mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
9.85" (250.19mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
9th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 1992– 60-Month |
160.89" (4,086.61mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
11.21" (284.74mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on January 28, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings