Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Upper Midwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 2001
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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December 2001 1-Month |
1.09" (27.69mm) | 1.25" (31.75mm) |
-0.16" (-4.06mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1943 |
84th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1957 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 2001 2-Month |
3.17" (80.52mm) | 3.10" (78.74mm) |
0.07" (1.78mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1976 |
57th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2015 | ||||
Oct–Dec 2001 3-Month |
6.17" (156.72mm) | 5.38" (136.65mm) |
0.79" (20.07mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1976 |
43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1982 | ||||
Ties: 2004, 2016 | ||||||
Sep–Dec 2001 4-Month |
9.69" (246.13mm) | 8.74" (222.00mm) |
0.95" (24.13mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1976 |
43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2019 | ||||
Aug–Dec 2001 5-Month |
13.10" (332.74mm) | 12.27" (311.66mm) |
0.83" (21.08mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1976 |
49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2019 | ||||
Jul–Dec 2001 6-Month |
15.94" (404.88mm) | 15.84" (402.34mm) |
0.10" (2.54mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1976 |
64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1900 | ||||
Jun–Dec 2001 7-Month |
19.91" (505.71mm) | 19.89" (505.21mm) |
0.02" (0.50mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1976 |
70th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2010 | ||||
May–Dec 2001 8-Month |
24.97" (634.24mm) | 23.31" (592.07mm) |
1.66" (42.17mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1976 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2019 | ||||
Apr–Dec 2001 9-Month |
29.30" (744.22mm) | 25.81" (655.57mm) |
3.49" (88.65mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1976 |
25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
Mar–Dec 2001 10-Month |
30.08" (764.03mm) | 27.52" (699.01mm) |
2.56" (65.02mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1910 |
35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
Feb–Dec 2001 11-Month |
31.95" (811.53mm) | 28.54" (724.92mm) |
3.41" (86.61mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1910 |
30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
Jan–Dec 2001 12-Month |
33.08" (840.23mm) | 29.68" (753.87mm) |
3.40" (86.36mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1910 |
30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 2000–Dec 2001 18-Month |
48.93" (1,242.82mm) | 45.59" (1,157.99mm) |
3.34" (84.83mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1976 |
29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 2000–Dec 2001 24-Month |
63.98" (1,625.09mm) | 59.39" (1,508.51mm) |
4.59" (116.58mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1989 |
29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1999–Dec 2001 36-Month |
95.40" (2,423.16mm) | 89.07" (2,262.38mm) |
6.33" (160.78mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1989 |
25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1998–Dec 2001 48-Month |
127.58" (3,240.53mm) | 118.71" (3,015.23mm) |
8.87" (225.30mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1936 |
22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1997–Dec 2001 60-Month |
155.46" (3,948.68mm) | 148.36" (3,768.34mm) |
7.10" (180.34mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1936 |
34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 2, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/