Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Upper Midwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 1946
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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December 1946 1-Month |
1.32" (33.53mm) | 1.25" (31.75mm) |
0.07" (1.78mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1943 |
58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1897, 1941, 1978 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1946 2-Month |
3.24" (82.30mm) | 3.10" (78.74mm) |
0.14" (3.56mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1976 |
54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2015 | ||||
Oct–Dec 1946 3-Month |
6.26" (159.00mm) | 5.38" (136.65mm) |
0.88" (22.35mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1976 |
41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1982 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1946 4-Month |
10.55" (267.97mm) | 8.74" (222.00mm) |
1.81" (45.97mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1976 |
30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2019 | ||||
Aug–Dec 1946 5-Month |
13.05" (331.47mm) | 12.27" (311.66mm) |
0.78" (19.81mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1976 |
50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
Jul–Dec 1946 6-Month |
15.10" (383.54mm) | 15.84" (402.34mm) |
-0.74" (-18.80mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1976 |
74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1900 | ||||
Jun–Dec 1946 7-Month |
20.67" (525.02mm) | 19.89" (505.21mm) |
0.78" (19.81mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1976 |
55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1940 | ||||||
May–Dec 1946 8-Month |
24.06" (611.12mm) | 23.31" (592.07mm) |
0.75" (19.05mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1976 |
55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
Apr–Dec 1946 9-Month |
25.09" (637.29mm) | 25.81" (655.57mm) |
-0.72" (-18.28mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1976 |
85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
Mar–Dec 1946 10-Month |
27.32" (693.93mm) | 27.52" (699.01mm) |
-0.20" (-5.08mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1910 |
74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
Feb–Dec 1946 11-Month |
28.30" (718.82mm) | 28.54" (724.92mm) |
-0.24" (-6.10mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1910 |
72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
Jan–Dec 1946 12-Month |
29.83" (757.68mm) | 29.68" (753.87mm) |
0.15" (3.81mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1910 |
72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 1945–Dec 1946 18-Month |
45.58" (1,157.73mm) | 45.59" (1,157.99mm) |
-0.01" (-0.26mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1976 |
73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1970 | ||||||
Jan 1945–Dec 1946 24-Month |
62.12" (1,577.85mm) | 59.39" (1,508.51mm) |
2.73" (69.34mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1989 |
48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1944–Dec 1946 36-Month |
93.08" (2,364.23mm) | 89.07" (2,262.38mm) |
4.01" (101.85mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1989 |
44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1943–Dec 1946 48-Month |
122.61" (3,114.29mm) | 118.71" (3,015.23mm) |
3.90" (99.06mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1936 |
48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1942–Dec 1946 60-Month |
154.86" (3,933.44mm) | 148.36" (3,768.34mm) |
6.50" (165.10mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1936 |
38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 3, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/