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 2015
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2015 1-Month |
4.06" (103.12mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
1.71" (43.43mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2015 2-Month |
7.41" (188.21mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
2.83" (71.88mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 2015 3-Month |
10.31" (261.87mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
3.57" (90.67mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1917 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2015 4-Month |
12.43" (315.72mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
3.20" (81.28mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1939 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 2015 5-Month |
14.84" (376.94mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
2.99" (75.95mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1917 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2015 6-Month |
18.07" (458.98mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
3.45" (87.63mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1917 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 2015 7-Month |
21.62" (549.15mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
4.07" (103.38mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1917 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2015 8-Month |
26.06" (661.92mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
5.60" (142.24mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1917 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2015 9-Month |
28.89" (733.81mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
5.91" (150.12mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2015 10-Month |
31.02" (787.91mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
5.53" (140.46mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2015 11-Month |
32.76" (832.10mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
5.14" (130.55mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1910 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2015 12-Month |
34.59" (878.59mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
4.65" (118.11mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1910 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jul 2014–Dec 2015 18-Month |
50.09" (1,272.29mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
5.51" (139.96mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1954 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2014–Dec 2015 24-Month |
65.44" (1,662.18mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
5.54" (140.72mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1931 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1906 | ||||||
|
Jan 2013–Dec 2015 36-Month |
96.50" (2,451.10mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
6.64" (168.66mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2012–Dec 2015 48-Month |
124.03" (3,150.36mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
4.25" (107.95mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2011–Dec 2015 60-Month |
154.13" (3,914.90mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
4.45" (113.03mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1908 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/