Climate at a Glance
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 1981
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1981 1-Month |
1.11" (28.19mm) | 2.50" (63.50mm) |
-1.39" (-35.31mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1917 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1982 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1981 2-Month |
2.95" (74.93mm) | 4.97" (126.24mm) |
-2.02" (-51.31mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1917 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1981 3-Month |
8.05" (204.47mm) | 7.67" (194.82mm) |
0.38" (9.65mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1917 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1981 4-Month |
10.42" (264.67mm) | 10.85" (275.59mm) |
-0.43" (-10.92mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1917 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1981 5-Month |
13.59" (345.19mm) | 13.77" (349.76mm) |
-0.18" (-4.57mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1917 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1981 6-Month |
17.05" (433.07mm) | 16.94" (430.28mm) |
0.11" (2.79mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1924, 1956 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1981 7-Month |
22.02" (559.31mm) | 20.47" (519.94mm) |
1.55" (39.37mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1917 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1981 8-Month |
27.29" (693.17mm) | 24.52" (622.81mm) |
2.77" (70.36mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1917 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1981 9-Month |
29.57" (751.08mm) | 27.73" (704.34mm) |
1.84" (46.74mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1917 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1981 10-Month |
32.40" (822.96mm) | 30.43" (772.92mm) |
1.97" (50.04mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1956 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1981 11-Month |
34.23" (869.44mm) | 32.66" (829.56mm) |
1.57" (39.88mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1917 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1981 12-Month |
35.22" (894.59mm) | 34.88" (885.95mm) |
0.34" (8.64mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1917 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jul 1980–Dec 1981 18-Month |
48.66" (1,235.96mm) | 51.85" (1,316.99mm) |
-3.19" (-81.03mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan 1980–Dec 1981 24-Month |
66.90" (1,699.26mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
-2.94" (-74.68mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1974 | ||||
|
Jan 1979–Dec 1981 36-Month |
108.01" (2,743.45mm) | 104.78" (2,661.41mm) |
3.23" (82.04mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1956 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1992 | ||||
|
Jan 1978–Dec 1981 48-Month |
140.04" (3,557.02mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
0.33" (8.39mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1956 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan 1977–Dec 1981 60-Month |
173.65" (4,410.71mm) | 174.55" (4,433.57mm) |
-0.90" (-22.86mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1956 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/