Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, August 1960
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1960 1-Month |
4.16" (105.66mm) | 2.92" (74.17mm) |
1.24" (31.49mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 2000 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1960 2-Month |
8.01" (203.45mm) | 6.09" (154.69mm) |
1.92" (48.76mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 2000 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1960 3-Month |
11.62" (295.15mm) | 9.62" (244.35mm) |
2.00" (50.80mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1954 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2017 | ||||
| Ties: 1958, 1979 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1960 4-Month |
14.64" (371.86mm) | 13.67" (347.22mm) |
0.97" (24.64mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 2011 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2021 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1960 5-Month |
16.62" (422.15mm) | 16.88" (428.75mm) |
-0.26" (-6.60mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1953 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1960 6-Month |
18.52" (470.41mm) | 19.58" (497.33mm) |
-1.06" (-26.92mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1960 7-Month |
21.04" (534.42mm) | 21.81" (553.97mm) |
-0.77" (-19.55mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 2011 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1960 8-Month |
23.54" (597.92mm) | 24.04" (610.62mm) |
-0.50" (-12.70mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 2011 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1948 | ||||||
|
Dec 1959–Aug 1960 9-Month |
26.69" (677.93mm) | 26.54" (674.12mm) |
0.15" (3.81mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 2011 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1929 | ||||||
|
Nov 1959–Aug 1960 10-Month |
28.15" (715.01mm) | 28.96" (735.58mm) |
-0.81" (-20.57mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 2011 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1959–Aug 1960 11-Month |
33.04" (839.22mm) | 31.66" (804.16mm) |
1.38" (35.06mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 2011 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1959–Aug 1960 12-Month |
36.01" (914.65mm) | 34.87" (885.70mm) |
1.14" (28.95mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1918 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1959–Aug 1960 18-Month |
56.85" (1,443.99mm) | 54.51" (1,384.55mm) |
2.34" (59.44mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1918 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1958–Aug 1960 24-Month |
71.37" (1,812.80mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
1.53" (38.86mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1918 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1957–Aug 1960 36-Month |
113.71" (2,888.23mm) | 104.74" (2,660.40mm) |
8.97" (227.83mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1956 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1975 | ||||
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Sep 1956–Aug 1960 48-Month |
150.76" (3,829.30mm) | 139.63" (3,546.60mm) |
11.13" (282.70mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1956 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1955–Aug 1960 60-Month |
174.95" (4,443.73mm) | 174.44" (4,430.78mm) |
0.51" (12.95mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1956 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/