Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Ohio Valley Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, August 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1956 1-Month |
3.50" (88.90mm) | 3.67" (93.22mm) |
-0.17" (-4.32mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1953 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1972 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1956 2-Month |
8.48" (215.39mm) | 7.67" (194.82mm) |
0.81" (20.57mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1930 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1956 3-Month |
11.91" (302.51mm) | 11.92" (302.77mm) |
-0.01" (-0.26mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1930 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1958 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1956 4-Month |
16.36" (415.54mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
0.17" (4.31mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1936 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1956 5-Month |
20.29" (515.37mm) | 20.10" (510.54mm) |
0.19" (4.83mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1930 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1956 6-Month |
23.20" (589.28mm) | 23.91" (607.31mm) |
-0.71" (-18.03mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1930 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1956 7-Month |
28.43" (722.12mm) | 26.58" (675.13mm) |
1.85" (46.99mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1930 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1956 8-Month |
30.54" (775.72mm) | 29.63" (752.60mm) |
0.91" (23.12mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1936 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1955–Aug 1956 9-Month |
31.47" (799.34mm) | 32.72" (831.09mm) |
-1.25" (-31.75mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1936 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1955–Aug 1956 10-Month |
33.98" (863.09mm) | 35.86" (910.84mm) |
-1.88" (-47.75mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1936 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1955–Aug 1956 11-Month |
37.56" (954.02mm) | 38.78" (985.01mm) |
-1.22" (-30.99mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1936 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1955–Aug 1956 12-Month |
40.60" (1,031.24mm) | 42.24" (1,072.90mm) |
-1.64" (-41.66mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1936 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1955–Aug 1956 18-Month |
63.66" (1,616.96mm) | 66.13" (1,679.70mm) |
-2.47" (-62.74mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1931 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1944 | ||||||
|
Sep 1954–Aug 1956 24-Month |
81.95" (2,081.53mm) | 84.47" (2,145.54mm) |
-2.52" (-64.01mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1941 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1953–Aug 1956 36-Month |
114.81" (2,916.17mm) | 126.74" (3,219.20mm) |
-11.93" (-303.03mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1941 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1952–Aug 1956 48-Month |
149.55" (3,798.57mm) | 168.98" (4,292.09mm) |
-19.43" (-493.52mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2021 | ||||
|
Sep 1951–Aug 1956 60-Month |
193.49" (4,914.65mm) | 211.20" (5,364.48mm) |
-17.71" (-449.83mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 15, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/