Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, August 2003
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2003 1-Month |
3.19" (81.03mm) | 2.92" (74.17mm) |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2000 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2003 2-Month |
5.86" (148.84mm) | 6.09" (154.69mm) |
-0.23" (-5.85mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 2000 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2003 3-Month |
11.13" (282.70mm) | 9.62" (244.35mm) |
1.51" (38.35mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1954 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2017 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2003 4-Month |
14.13" (358.90mm) | 13.67" (347.22mm) |
0.46" (11.68mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2011 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2021 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2003 5-Month |
16.16" (410.46mm) | 16.88" (428.75mm) |
-0.72" (-18.29mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1956 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2003 6-Month |
18.02" (457.71mm) | 19.58" (497.33mm) |
-1.56" (-39.62mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1956 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2003 7-Month |
21.44" (544.58mm) | 21.81" (553.97mm) |
-0.37" (-9.39mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2011 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2003 8-Month |
22.05" (560.07mm) | 24.04" (610.62mm) |
-1.99" (-50.55mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 2011 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1931, 1964 | ||||||
|
Dec 2002–Aug 2003 9-Month |
25.92" (658.37mm) | 26.54" (674.12mm) |
-0.62" (-15.75mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2011 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2002–Aug 2003 10-Month |
27.91" (708.91mm) | 28.96" (735.58mm) |
-1.05" (-26.67mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 2011 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2002–Aug 2003 11-Month |
34.07" (865.38mm) | 31.66" (804.16mm) |
2.41" (61.22mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2011 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2002–Aug 2003 12-Month |
37.59" (954.79mm) | 34.87" (885.70mm) |
2.72" (69.09mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1918 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2002–Aug 2003 18-Month |
56.32" (1,430.53mm) | 54.51" (1,384.55mm) |
1.81" (45.98mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1918 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2001–Aug 2003 24-Month |
72.93" (1,852.42mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
3.09" (78.48mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1918 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2000–Aug 2003 36-Month |
111.10" (2,821.94mm) | 104.74" (2,660.40mm) |
6.36" (161.54mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1956 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 1999–Aug 2003 48-Month |
138.57" (3,519.68mm) | 139.63" (3,546.60mm) |
-1.06" (-26.92mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1956 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1998–Aug 2003 60-Month |
177.73" (4,514.34mm) | 174.44" (4,430.78mm) |
3.29" (83.56mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1956 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 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/