Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Ohio Valley Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, August 1978
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1978 1-Month |
4.57" (116.08mm) | 3.67" (93.22mm) |
0.90" (22.86mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1953 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1950 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1978 2-Month |
9.38" (238.25mm) | 7.67" (194.82mm) |
1.71" (43.43mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1930 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1978 3-Month |
12.76" (324.10mm) | 11.92" (302.77mm) |
0.84" (21.33mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1930 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1958 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1978 4-Month |
17.69" (449.33mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
1.50" (38.10mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1936 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1915 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1978 5-Month |
21.26" (540.00mm) | 20.10" (510.54mm) |
1.16" (29.46mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1930 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1978 6-Month |
24.78" (629.41mm) | 23.91" (607.31mm) |
0.87" (22.10mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1930 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1978 7-Month |
25.69" (652.53mm) | 26.58" (675.13mm) |
-0.89" (-22.60mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1930 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1978 8-Month |
29.06" (738.12mm) | 29.63" (752.60mm) |
-0.57" (-14.48mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1936 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1977–Aug 1978 9-Month |
32.21" (818.13mm) | 32.72" (831.09mm) |
-0.51" (-12.96mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1936 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1977–Aug 1978 10-Month |
36.03" (915.16mm) | 35.86" (910.84mm) |
0.17" (4.32mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1936 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1977–Aug 1978 11-Month |
39.96" (1,014.98mm) | 38.78" (985.01mm) |
1.18" (29.97mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1936 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1923 | ||||||
|
Sep 1977–Aug 1978 12-Month |
45.09" (1,145.29mm) | 42.24" (1,072.90mm) |
2.85" (72.39mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1936 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1977–Aug 1978 18-Month |
70.65" (1,794.51mm) | 66.13" (1,679.70mm) |
4.52" (114.81mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1976–Aug 1978 24-Month |
82.91" (2,105.91mm) | 84.47" (2,145.54mm) |
-1.56" (-39.63mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1941 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1975–Aug 1978 36-Month |
122.78" (3,118.61mm) | 126.74" (3,219.20mm) |
-3.96" (-100.59mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1941 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1974–Aug 1978 48-Month |
169.30" (4,300.22mm) | 168.98" (4,292.09mm) |
0.32" (8.13mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1956 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2021 | ||||
|
Sep 1973–Aug 1978 60-Month |
219.54" (5,576.32mm) | 211.20" (5,364.48mm) |
8.34" (211.84mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1934 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 18, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/