Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 2001
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2001 1-Month |
3.11" (78.99mm) | 2.50" (63.50mm) |
0.61" (15.49mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1917 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1982 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2001 2-Month |
6.56" (166.62mm) | 4.97" (126.24mm) |
1.59" (40.38mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1917 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 2001 3-Month |
9.25" (234.95mm) | 7.67" (194.82mm) |
1.58" (40.13mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1917 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2001 4-Month |
13.05" (331.47mm) | 10.85" (275.59mm) |
2.20" (55.88mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1917 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 2001 5-Month |
16.66" (423.16mm) | 13.77" (349.76mm) |
2.89" (73.40mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1917 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2001 6-Month |
18.75" (476.25mm) | 16.94" (430.28mm) |
1.81" (45.97mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1924, 1956 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1942, 1968 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 2001 7-Month |
22.67" (575.82mm) | 20.47" (519.94mm) |
2.20" (55.88mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1917 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1928 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 2001 8-Month |
26.74" (679.20mm) | 24.52" (622.81mm) |
2.22" (56.39mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1917 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2001 9-Month |
28.21" (716.53mm) | 27.73" (704.34mm) |
0.48" (12.19mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1917 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2001 10-Month |
31.91" (810.51mm) | 30.43" (772.92mm) |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1956 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2001 11-Month |
35.27" (895.86mm) | 32.66" (829.56mm) |
2.61" (66.30mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1917 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2001 12-Month |
38.13" (968.50mm) | 34.88" (885.95mm) |
3.25" (82.55mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1917 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jul 2000–Dec 2001 18-Month |
53.63" (1,362.20mm) | 51.85" (1,316.99mm) |
1.78" (45.21mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1917 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan 2000–Dec 2001 24-Month |
71.47" (1,815.34mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
1.63" (41.40mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1917 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1974 | ||||
|
Jan 1999–Dec 2001 36-Month |
102.96" (2,615.18mm) | 104.78" (2,661.41mm) |
-1.82" (-46.23mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1956 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1992 | ||||
|
Jan 1998–Dec 2001 48-Month |
139.91" (3,553.71mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
0.20" (5.08mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1956 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan 1997–Dec 2001 60-Month |
180.93" (4,595.62mm) | 174.55" (4,433.57mm) |
6.38" (162.05mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1956 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 7, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/