Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, April 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
April 1956 1-Month |
2.13" (54.10mm) | 3.21" (81.53mm) |
-1.08" (-27.43mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1987 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1948, 1951 | ||||||
|
Mar–Apr 1956 2-Month |
3.57" (90.68mm) | 5.91" (150.11mm) |
-2.34" (-59.43mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1936 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 1956 3-Month |
6.76" (171.70mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
-1.38" (-35.06mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1936 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 1956 4-Month |
8.30" (210.82mm) | 10.36" (263.14mm) |
-2.06" (-52.32mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1936 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1973 | ||||
|
Dec 1955–Apr 1956 5-Month |
9.33" (236.98mm) | 12.86" (326.64mm) |
-3.53" (-89.66mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1963 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1973 | ||||
|
Nov 1955–Apr 1956 6-Month |
10.43" (264.92mm) | 15.29" (388.37mm) |
-4.86" (-123.45mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1971 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1973 | ||||
|
Oct 1955–Apr 1956 7-Month |
12.13" (308.10mm) | 17.99" (456.95mm) |
-5.86" (-148.85mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1925 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1955–Apr 1956 8-Month |
15.22" (386.59mm) | 21.19" (538.23mm) |
-5.97" (-151.64mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1918 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2011 | ||||||
|
Aug 1955–Apr 1956 9-Month |
18.13" (460.50mm) | 24.13" (612.90mm) |
-6.00" (-152.40mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1925 | 1925 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1955–Apr 1956 10-Month |
21.44" (544.58mm) | 27.33" (694.18mm) |
-5.89" (-149.60mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1925 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1955–Apr 1956 11-Month |
24.39" (619.51mm) | 30.85" (783.59mm) |
-6.46" (-164.08mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1925 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1955–Apr 1956 12-Month |
29.22" (742.19mm) | 34.91" (886.71mm) |
-5.69" (-144.52mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1925 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 1954–Apr 1956 18-Month |
41.40" (1,051.56mm) | 50.26" (1,276.60mm) |
-8.86" (-225.04mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1918 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2016 | ||||
|
May 1954–Apr 1956 24-Month |
55.95" (1,421.13mm) | 69.89" (1,775.21mm) |
-13.94" (-354.08mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1918 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1953–Apr 1956 36-Month |
84.06" (2,135.12mm) | 104.85" (2,663.19mm) |
-20.79" (-528.07mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1955 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1975 | ||||
|
May 1952–Apr 1956 48-Month |
111.62" (2,835.15mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
-28.09" (-713.48mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1951–Apr 1956 60-Month |
145.50" (3,695.70mm) | 174.46" (4,431.28mm) |
-28.96" (-735.58mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1957 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/