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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 2002
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2002 1-Month |
3.00" (76.20mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
0.65" (16.51mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1942 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 2002 2-Month |
4.94" (125.48mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
0.36" (9.15mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1976 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1907, 1932, 1945, 1986 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 2002 3-Month |
7.95" (201.93mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
1.21" (30.73mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1994 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 2002 4-Month |
10.67" (271.02mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
1.44" (36.58mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1939 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 2002 5-Month |
13.07" (331.98mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
1.22" (30.99mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2002 6-Month |
15.67" (398.02mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
1.05" (26.67mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1968 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 2002 7-Month |
18.23" (463.04mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
0.68" (17.27mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1900, 2003 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 2002 8-Month |
20.87" (530.10mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
0.41" (10.42mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2002 9-Month |
23.13" (587.50mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
0.15" (3.81mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1956 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2002 10-Month |
25.72" (653.29mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
0.23" (5.84mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1956 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2002 11-Month |
27.04" (686.82mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
-0.58" (-14.73mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1910 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2002 12-Month |
29.05" (737.87mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-0.89" (-22.61mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1910 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1989 | ||||||
|
Jul 2001–Dec 2002 18-Month |
43.44" (1,103.38mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
-1.14" (-28.95mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1954 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2001–Dec 2002 24-Month |
58.07" (1,474.98mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
-1.83" (-46.48mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1931 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2000–Dec 2002 36-Month |
86.29" (2,191.77mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-3.57" (-90.67mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1956 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1988 | ||||||
|
Jan 1999–Dec 2002 48-Month |
114.76" (2,914.90mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-5.02" (-127.51mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1956 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1998–Dec 2002 60-Month |
148.65" (3,775.71mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
-1.03" (-26.16mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1956 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/