Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Upper Midwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 1968
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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December 1968 1-Month |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 1.25" (31.75mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1943 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Nov–Dec 1968 2-Month |
3.84" (97.54mm) | 3.10" (78.74mm) |
0.74" (18.80mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1976 |
31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2015 | ||||
Oct–Dec 1968 3-Month |
7.18" (182.37mm) | 5.38" (136.65mm) |
1.80" (45.72mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1976 |
18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1982 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1968 4-Month |
11.90" (302.26mm) | 8.74" (222.00mm) |
3.16" (80.26mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1976 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2019 | ||||
Aug–Dec 1968 5-Month |
14.79" (375.67mm) | 12.27" (311.66mm) |
2.52" (64.01mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1976 |
23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2019 | ||||
Jul–Dec 1968 6-Month |
18.92" (480.57mm) | 15.84" (402.34mm) |
3.08" (78.23mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1976 |
23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1900 | ||||
Jun–Dec 1968 7-Month |
24.95" (633.73mm) | 19.89" (505.21mm) |
5.06" (128.52mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1976 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1900 | 2010 | ||||
May–Dec 1968 8-Month |
28.26" (717.80mm) | 23.31" (592.07mm) |
4.95" (125.73mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1976 |
9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1902 | 2019 | ||||
Apr–Dec 1968 9-Month |
32.04" (813.82mm) | 25.81" (655.57mm) |
6.23" (158.25mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1976 |
6th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Mar–Dec 1968 10-Month |
33.19" (843.03mm) | 27.52" (699.01mm) |
5.67" (144.02mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1910 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2019 | ||||
Feb–Dec 1968 11-Month |
33.78" (858.01mm) | 28.54" (724.92mm) |
5.24" (133.09mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1910 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2019 | ||||
Jan–Dec 1968 12-Month |
34.67" (880.62mm) | 29.68" (753.87mm) |
4.99" (126.75mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1910 |
13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 1967–Dec 1968 18-Month |
46.73" (1,186.94mm) | 45.59" (1,157.99mm) |
1.14" (28.95mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1976 |
55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1967–Dec 1968 24-Month |
63.01" (1,600.45mm) | 59.39" (1,508.51mm) |
3.62" (91.94mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1989 |
38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1966–Dec 1968 36-Month |
89.41" (2,271.01mm) | 89.07" (2,262.38mm) |
0.34" (8.63mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1964 | 1989 |
72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1965–Dec 1968 48-Month |
125.59" (3,189.99mm) | 118.71" (3,015.23mm) |
6.88" (174.76mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1936 |
33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1906 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1964–Dec 1968 60-Month |
154.23" (3,917.44mm) | 148.36" (3,768.34mm) |
5.87" (149.10mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1936 |
44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 7, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/