Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 1974
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1974 1-Month |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 2.50" (63.50mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1917 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1982 | ||||
| Ties: 1998 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1974 2-Month |
6.01" (152.65mm) | 4.97" (126.24mm) |
1.04" (26.41mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1917 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1974 3-Month |
9.63" (244.60mm) | 7.67" (194.82mm) |
1.96" (49.78mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1917 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1946 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1974 4-Month |
15.17" (385.32mm) | 10.85" (275.59mm) |
4.32" (109.73mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1974 5-Month |
20.62" (523.75mm) | 13.77" (349.76mm) |
6.85" (173.99mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1917 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1974 6-Month |
22.43" (569.72mm) | 16.94" (430.28mm) |
5.49" (139.44mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1924, 1956 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1974 7-Month |
25.92" (658.37mm) | 20.47" (519.94mm) |
5.45" (138.43mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1974 8-Month |
29.67" (753.62mm) | 24.52" (622.81mm) |
5.15" (130.81mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1974 9-Month |
33.09" (840.49mm) | 27.73" (704.34mm) |
5.36" (136.15mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1974 10-Month |
35.39" (898.91mm) | 30.43" (772.92mm) |
4.96" (125.99mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1956 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1974 11-Month |
36.88" (936.75mm) | 32.66" (829.56mm) |
4.22" (107.19mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1974 12-Month |
40.31" (1,023.87mm) | 34.88" (885.95mm) |
5.43" (137.92mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jul 1973–Dec 1974 18-Month |
63.06" (1,601.72mm) | 51.85" (1,316.99mm) |
11.21" (284.73mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan 1973–Dec 1974 24-Month |
87.20" (2,214.88mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
17.36" (440.94mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1917 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1974 | ||||
|
Jan 1972–Dec 1974 36-Month |
121.94" (3,097.28mm) | 104.78" (2,661.41mm) |
17.16" (435.87mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1956 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1992 | ||||
|
Jan 1971–Dec 1974 48-Month |
156.85" (3,983.99mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
17.14" (435.36mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1956 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan 1970–Dec 1974 60-Month |
188.63" (4,791.20mm) | 174.55" (4,433.57mm) |
14.08" (357.63mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1956 |
| 16th 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 June 29, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/