Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 1973
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1973 1-Month |
2.58" (65.53mm) | 2.50" (63.50mm) |
0.08" (2.03mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1982 | ||||
| Ties: 1902, 1972 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1973 2-Month |
5.66" (143.76mm) | 4.97" (126.24mm) |
0.69" (17.52mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1917 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1973 3-Month |
9.93" (252.22mm) | 7.67" (194.82mm) |
2.26" (57.40mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1917 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1973 4-Month |
16.33" (414.78mm) | 10.85" (275.59mm) |
5.48" (139.19mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1973 5-Month |
18.49" (469.65mm) | 13.77" (349.76mm) |
4.72" (119.89mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1973 6-Month |
22.75" (577.85mm) | 16.94" (430.28mm) |
5.81" (147.57mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1924, 1956 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1973 7-Month |
27.03" (686.56mm) | 20.47" (519.94mm) |
6.56" (166.62mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1986 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1973 8-Month |
30.09" (764.29mm) | 24.52" (622.81mm) |
5.57" (141.48mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1973 9-Month |
35.13" (892.30mm) | 27.73" (704.34mm) |
7.40" (187.96mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1973 10-Month |
41.41" (1,051.81mm) | 30.43" (772.92mm) |
10.98" (278.89mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1956 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1973 11-Month |
43.73" (1,110.74mm) | 32.66" (829.56mm) |
11.07" (281.18mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1973 12-Month |
46.89" (1,191.01mm) | 34.88" (885.95mm) |
12.01" (305.06mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Jul 1972–Dec 1973 18-Month |
67.33" (1,710.18mm) | 51.85" (1,316.99mm) |
15.48" (393.19mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan 1972–Dec 1973 24-Month |
81.63" (2,073.40mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
11.79" (299.46mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1974 | ||||
|
Jan 1971–Dec 1973 36-Month |
116.54" (2,960.12mm) | 104.78" (2,661.41mm) |
11.76" (298.71mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1956 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1992 | ||||
|
Jan 1970–Dec 1973 48-Month |
148.32" (3,767.33mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
8.61" (218.70mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1956 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1973 60-Month |
183.64" (4,664.46mm) | 174.55" (4,433.57mm) |
9.09" (230.89mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1956 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 3, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/