Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, January 1980
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 1980 1-Month |
2.36" (59.94mm) | 2.22" (56.39mm) |
0.14" (3.55mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1986 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1932 | ||||
|
Dec 1979–Jan 1980 2-Month |
4.64" (117.86mm) | 4.72" (119.89mm) |
-0.08" (-2.03mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1909 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1925 | ||||||
|
Nov 1979–Jan 1980 3-Month |
7.04" (178.82mm) | 7.15" (181.61mm) |
-0.11" (-2.79mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1904 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1932 | ||||
|
Oct 1979–Jan 1980 4-Month |
9.19" (233.43mm) | 9.85" (250.19mm) |
-0.66" (-16.76mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1979–Jan 1980 5-Month |
12.22" (310.39mm) | 13.05" (331.47mm) |
-0.83" (-21.08mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1979–Jan 1980 6-Month |
15.26" (387.60mm) | 15.99" (406.15mm) |
-0.73" (-18.55mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1918 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1979–Jan 1980 7-Month |
20.25" (514.35mm) | 19.19" (487.43mm) |
1.06" (26.92mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1957 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1979–Jan 1980 8-Month |
23.84" (605.54mm) | 22.71" (576.83mm) |
1.13" (28.71mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1918 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1979–Jan 1980 9-Month |
28.78" (731.01mm) | 26.77" (679.96mm) |
2.01" (51.05mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1918 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 1979–Jan 1980 10-Month |
33.17" (842.52mm) | 30.01" (762.25mm) |
3.16" (80.27mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1918 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 1979–Jan 1980 11-Month |
36.96" (938.78mm) | 32.70" (830.58mm) |
4.26" (108.20mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1957 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2016 | ||||
|
Feb 1979–Jan 1980 12-Month |
39.71" (1,008.63mm) | 34.94" (887.48mm) |
4.77" (121.15mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1918 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 1978–Jan 1980 18-Month |
56.98" (1,447.29mm) | 50.97" (1,294.64mm) |
6.01" (152.65mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1918 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1978–Jan 1980 24-Month |
72.99" (1,853.95mm) | 69.90" (1,775.46mm) |
3.09" (78.49mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1918 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2017 | ||||
|
Feb 1977–Jan 1980 36-Month |
106.98" (2,717.29mm) | 104.84" (2,662.94mm) |
2.14" (54.35mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1957 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 1959 | ||||||
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Feb 1976–Jan 1980 48-Month |
141.00" (3,581.40mm) | 139.66" (3,547.36mm) |
1.34" (34.04mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1957 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 1975–Jan 1980 60-Month |
177.21" (4,501.13mm) | 174.43" (4,430.52mm) |
2.78" (70.61mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1957 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/