Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 1997
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1997 1-Month |
3.43" (87.12mm) | 2.50" (63.50mm) |
0.93" (23.62mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1917 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1982 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1997 2-Month |
5.75" (146.05mm) | 4.97" (126.24mm) |
0.78" (19.81mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1917 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1997 3-Month |
9.41" (239.01mm) | 7.67" (194.82mm) |
1.74" (44.19mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1917 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1997 4-Month |
11.92" (302.77mm) | 10.85" (275.59mm) |
1.07" (27.18mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1917 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1907 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1997 5-Month |
15.18" (385.57mm) | 13.77" (349.76mm) |
1.41" (35.81mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1917 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1997 6-Month |
17.52" (445.01mm) | 16.94" (430.28mm) |
0.58" (14.73mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1924, 1956 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1997 7-Month |
22.36" (567.94mm) | 20.47" (519.94mm) |
1.89" (48.00mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1917 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1997 8-Month |
26.44" (671.58mm) | 24.52" (622.81mm) |
1.92" (48.77mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1917 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1997 9-Month |
31.81" (807.97mm) | 27.73" (704.34mm) |
4.08" (103.63mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1917 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1997 10-Month |
34.57" (878.08mm) | 30.43" (772.92mm) |
4.14" (105.16mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1956 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1997 11-Month |
39.07" (992.38mm) | 32.66" (829.56mm) |
6.41" (162.82mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1917 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1997 12-Month |
41.02" (1,041.91mm) | 34.88" (885.95mm) |
6.14" (155.96mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1917 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jul 1996–Dec 1997 18-Month |
62.76" (1,594.10mm) | 51.85" (1,316.99mm) |
10.91" (277.11mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1917 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan 1996–Dec 1997 24-Month |
75.50" (1,917.70mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
5.66" (143.76mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1917 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1974 | ||||
|
Jan 1995–Dec 1997 36-Month |
111.51" (2,832.35mm) | 104.78" (2,661.41mm) |
6.73" (170.94mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1956 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1992 | ||||
|
Jan 1994–Dec 1997 48-Month |
148.49" (3,771.65mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
8.78" (223.02mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1956 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan 1993–Dec 1997 60-Month |
186.18" (4,728.97mm) | 174.55" (4,433.57mm) |
11.63" (295.40mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1956 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 2, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/