Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of July 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, April 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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April 2016 1-Month |
5.11" (129.79mm) | 3.21" (81.53mm) |
1.90" (48.26mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1987 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 2016 2-Month |
9.59" (243.59mm) | 5.91" (150.11mm) |
3.68" (93.48mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1936 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 2016 3-Month |
11.25" (285.75mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
3.11" (78.99mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1936 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 2016 4-Month |
12.67" (321.82mm) | 10.36" (263.14mm) |
2.31" (58.68mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1936 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1998 | ||||||
|
Dec 2015–Apr 2016 5-Month |
16.76" (425.70mm) | 12.86" (326.64mm) |
3.90" (99.06mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1963 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1944 | ||||||
|
Nov 2015–Apr 2016 6-Month |
22.17" (563.12mm) | 15.29" (388.37mm) |
6.88" (174.75mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1971 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1973 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–Apr 2016 7-Month |
27.15" (689.61mm) | 17.99" (456.95mm) |
9.16" (232.66mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Apr 2016 8-Month |
28.81" (731.77mm) | 21.19" (538.23mm) |
7.62" (193.54mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2015–Apr 2016 9-Month |
30.98" (786.89mm) | 24.13" (612.90mm) |
6.85" (173.99mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2015–Apr 2016 10-Month |
34.32" (871.73mm) | 27.33" (694.18mm) |
6.99" (177.55mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–Apr 2016 11-Month |
38.31" (973.07mm) | 30.85" (783.59mm) |
7.46" (189.48mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2015–Apr 2016 12-Month |
47.75" (1,212.85mm) | 34.91" (886.71mm) |
12.84" (326.14mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 2014–Apr 2016 18-Month |
64.97" (1,650.24mm) | 50.26" (1,276.60mm) |
14.71" (373.64mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
May 2014–Apr 2016 24-Month |
85.91" (2,182.11mm) | 69.89" (1,775.21mm) |
16.02" (406.90mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
May 2013–Apr 2016 36-Month |
118.34" (3,005.84mm) | 104.85" (2,663.19mm) |
13.49" (342.65mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1955 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1975 | ||||
|
May 2012–Apr 2016 48-Month |
148.84" (3,780.54mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
9.13" (231.91mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
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May 2011–Apr 2016 60-Month |
180.14" (4,575.56mm) | 174.46" (4,431.28mm) |
5.68" (144.28mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1957 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 10, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/