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 2019
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2019 1-Month |
2.57" (65.28mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
0.22" (5.59mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 2006 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 2019 2-Month |
4.51" (114.55mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
-0.07" (-1.78mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1976 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 2005 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 2019 3-Month |
7.70" (195.58mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
0.96" (24.38mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1917 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2019 4-Month |
10.15" (257.81mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
0.92" (23.37mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1939 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1942 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 2019 5-Month |
12.93" (328.42mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
1.08" (27.43mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1917 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2019 6-Month |
15.69" (398.53mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
1.07" (27.18mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1917 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1923 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 2019 7-Month |
19.06" (484.12mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
1.51" (38.35mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1917 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2019 8-Month |
23.53" (597.66mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
3.07" (77.98mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1917 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2019 9-Month |
26.74" (679.20mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
3.76" (95.51mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1956 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2019 10-Month |
28.98" (736.09mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
3.49" (88.64mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1956 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2019 11-Month |
32.26" (819.40mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
4.64" (117.85mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1910 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2019 12-Month |
34.82" (884.43mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
4.88" (123.95mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1910 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jul 2018–Dec 2019 18-Month |
53.62" (1,361.95mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
9.04" (229.62mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1954 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2018–Dec 2019 24-Month |
69.47" (1,764.54mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
9.57" (243.08mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2017–Dec 2019 36-Month |
101.78" (2,585.21mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
11.92" (302.77mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2016–Dec 2019 48-Month |
133.20" (3,383.28mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
13.42" (340.87mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2015–Dec 2019 60-Month |
167.79" (4,261.87mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
18.11" (460.00mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/