Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1956 1-Month |
2.32" (58.93mm) | 2.50" (63.50mm) |
-0.18" (-4.57mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 1982 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1956 2-Month |
4.03" (102.36mm) | 4.97" (126.24mm) |
-0.94" (-23.88mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1956 3-Month |
6.04" (153.42mm) | 7.67" (194.82mm) |
-1.63" (-41.40mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1956 4-Month |
6.84" (173.74mm) | 10.85" (275.59mm) |
-4.01" (-101.85mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1917 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1956 5-Month |
8.50" (215.90mm) | 13.77" (349.76mm) |
-5.27" (-133.86mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1917 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1938 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1956 6-Month |
10.61" (269.49mm) | 16.94" (430.28mm) |
-6.33" (-160.79mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1924 | 1924, 1956 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1924 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1956 7-Month |
12.87" (326.90mm) | 20.47" (519.94mm) |
-7.60" (-193.04mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1917 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1956 8-Month |
15.81" (401.57mm) | 24.52" (622.81mm) |
-8.71" (-221.24mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1956 9-Month |
17.94" (455.68mm) | 27.73" (704.34mm) |
-9.79" (-248.66mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1956 10-Month |
19.38" (492.25mm) | 30.43" (772.92mm) |
-11.05" (-280.67mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1956 11-Month |
22.57" (573.28mm) | 32.66" (829.56mm) |
-10.09" (-256.28mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1917 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1956 12-Month |
24.11" (612.39mm) | 34.88" (885.95mm) |
-10.77" (-273.56mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jul 1955–Dec 1956 18-Month |
37.25" (946.15mm) | 51.85" (1,316.99mm) |
-14.60" (-370.84mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan 1955–Dec 1956 24-Month |
54.30" (1,379.22mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
-15.54" (-394.72mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1974 | ||||
|
Jan 1954–Dec 1956 36-Month |
78.57" (1,995.68mm) | 104.78" (2,661.41mm) |
-26.21" (-665.73mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1992 | ||||
|
Jan 1953–Dec 1956 48-Month |
110.50" (2,806.70mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
-29.21" (-741.93mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan 1952–Dec 1956 60-Month |
137.65" (3,496.31mm) | 174.55" (4,433.57mm) |
-36.90" (-937.26mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 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/