National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 2015
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 2015 1-Month |
4.06" (103.12mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
1.71" (43.43mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: |
1930 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2015 | ||||
Nov– 2-Month |
7.41" (188.21mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
2.83" (71.88mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2015 | ||||
Oct– 3-Month |
10.31" (261.87mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
3.57" (90.67mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2015 | ||||
Sep– 4-Month |
12.43" (315.72mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
3.20" (81.28mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1939 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2018 | ||||
Aug– 5-Month |
14.84" (376.94mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
2.99" (75.95mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Jul– 6-Month |
18.07" (458.98mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
3.45" (87.63mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2018 | ||||
Jun– 7-Month |
21.62" (549.15mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
4.07" (103.38mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2018 | ||||
May– 8-Month |
26.06" (661.92mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
5.60" (142.24mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: |
1917 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2015 | ||||
Apr– 9-Month |
28.89" (733.81mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
5.91" (150.12mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2015 | ||||
Mar– 10-Month |
31.02" (787.91mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
5.53" (140.46mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2015 | ||||
Feb– 11-Month |
32.76" (832.10mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
5.14" (130.55mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2018 | ||||
Jan– 12-Month |
34.59" (878.59mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
4.65" (118.11mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1973 | ||||
Jul 2014– 18-Month |
50.09" (1,272.29mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
5.51" (139.96mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1954 |
4th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 2014– 24-Month |
65.44" (1,662.18mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
5.54" (140.72mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1906 | ||||||
Jan 2013– 36-Month |
96.50" (2,451.10mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
6.64" (168.66mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 2012– 48-Month |
124.03" (3,150.36mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
4.25" (107.95mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
31st Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 2022 | ||||||
Jan 2011– 60-Month |
154.13" (3,914.90mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
4.45" (113.03mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
33rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Ties: 1908 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published February 2023, retrieved on February 8, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings