Climate at a Glance
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1979 1-Month |
2.28" (57.91mm) | 2.50" (63.50mm) |
-0.22" (-5.59mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1917 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1982 | ||||
| Ties: 1999 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1979 2-Month |
4.68" (118.87mm) | 4.97" (126.24mm) |
-0.29" (-7.37mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1917 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1979 3-Month |
6.83" (173.48mm) | 7.67" (194.82mm) |
-0.84" (-21.34mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1917 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1979 4-Month |
9.86" (250.44mm) | 10.85" (275.59mm) |
-0.99" (-25.15mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1917 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1979 5-Month |
12.90" (327.66mm) | 13.77" (349.76mm) |
-0.87" (-22.10mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1917 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1979 6-Month |
17.89" (454.41mm) | 16.94" (430.28mm) |
0.95" (24.13mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1924, 1956 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1979 7-Month |
21.48" (545.59mm) | 20.47" (519.94mm) |
1.01" (25.65mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1979 8-Month |
26.42" (671.07mm) | 24.52" (622.81mm) |
1.90" (48.26mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1967 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1979 9-Month |
30.81" (782.57mm) | 27.73" (704.34mm) |
3.08" (78.23mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1979 10-Month |
34.60" (878.84mm) | 30.43" (772.92mm) |
4.17" (105.92mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1956 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1979 11-Month |
37.35" (948.69mm) | 32.66" (829.56mm) |
4.69" (119.13mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1979 12-Month |
41.11" (1,044.19mm) | 34.88" (885.95mm) |
6.23" (158.24mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jul 1978–Dec 1979 18-Month |
56.69" (1,439.93mm) | 51.85" (1,316.99mm) |
4.84" (122.94mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan 1978–Dec 1979 24-Month |
73.14" (1,857.76mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
3.30" (83.82mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1974 | ||||
|
Jan 1977–Dec 1979 36-Month |
106.75" (2,711.45mm) | 104.78" (2,661.41mm) |
1.97" (50.04mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1956 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1992 | ||||
|
Jan 1976–Dec 1979 48-Month |
139.69" (3,548.13mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
-0.02" (-0.50mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1956 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1970 | ||||||
|
Jan 1975–Dec 1979 60-Month |
177.04" (4,496.82mm) | 174.55" (4,433.57mm) |
2.49" (63.25mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1956 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/