NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 2004
| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2004 1-Month |
2.18" (55.37mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
-0.17" (-4.32mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: |
1930 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1916 | ||||||
|
Nov– 2-Month |
5.36" (136.14mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
0.78" (19.81mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
|
Oct– 3-Month |
8.40" (213.36mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
1.66" (42.16mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
|
Sep– 4-Month |
11.38" (289.05mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
2.15" (54.61mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: |
1939 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
|
Aug– 5-Month |
14.42" (366.27mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
2.57" (65.28mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
|
Jul– 6-Month |
17.47" (443.74mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
2.85" (72.39mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
|
Jun– 7-Month |
20.98" (532.89mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
3.43" (87.12mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
|
May– 8-Month |
24.32" (617.73mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
3.86" (98.05mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2015 | ||||
|
Apr– 9-Month |
26.82" (681.23mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
3.84" (97.54mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
|
Mar– 10-Month |
28.83" (732.28mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
3.34" (84.83mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
|
Feb– 11-Month |
31.28" (794.51mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
3.66" (92.96mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
|
Jan– 12-Month |
33.25" (844.55mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
3.31" (84.07mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1973 | ||||
|
Jul 2003– 18-Month |
48.03" (1,219.96mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
3.45" (87.63mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: |
1954 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2003– 24-Month |
63.76" (1,619.50mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
3.86" (98.04mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2002– 36-Month |
92.81" (2,357.37mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
2.95" (74.93mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2001– 48-Month |
121.83" (3,094.48mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
2.05" (52.07mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2000– 60-Month |
150.05" (3,811.27mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
0.37" (9.40mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published March 2023, retrieved on March 24, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings