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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, August 2017
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2017 1-Month |
6.84" (173.74mm) | 2.92" (74.17mm) |
3.92" (99.57mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 2000 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2017 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2017 2-Month |
10.06" (255.52mm) | 6.09" (154.69mm) |
3.97" (100.83mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 2000 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2017 3-Month |
14.24" (361.70mm) | 9.62" (244.35mm) |
4.62" (117.35mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1954 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2017 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2017 4-Month |
18.63" (473.20mm) | 13.67" (347.22mm) |
4.96" (125.98mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 2011 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2021 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2017 5-Month |
23.23" (590.04mm) | 16.88" (428.75mm) |
6.35" (161.29mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1956 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2017 6-Month |
25.91" (658.11mm) | 19.58" (497.33mm) |
6.33" (160.78mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2017 7-Month |
27.69" (703.33mm) | 21.81" (553.97mm) |
5.88" (149.36mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2011 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2017 8-Month |
30.71" (780.03mm) | 24.04" (610.62mm) |
6.67" (169.41mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 2011 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
|
Dec 2016–Aug 2017 9-Month |
33.19" (843.03mm) | 26.54" (674.12mm) |
6.65" (168.91mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2011 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Aug 2017 10-Month |
35.34" (897.64mm) | 28.96" (735.58mm) |
6.38" (162.06mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2011 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1919 | ||||||
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Oct 2016–Aug 2017 11-Month |
36.33" (922.78mm) | 31.66" (804.16mm) |
4.67" (118.62mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2011 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2017 12-Month |
39.34" (999.24mm) | 34.87" (885.70mm) |
4.47" (113.54mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1918 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2016–Aug 2017 18-Month |
65.80" (1,671.32mm) | 54.51" (1,384.55mm) |
11.29" (286.77mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2017 24-Month |
85.02" (2,159.51mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
15.18" (385.57mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2014–Aug 2017 36-Month |
127.11" (3,228.59mm) | 104.74" (2,660.40mm) |
22.37" (568.19mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1956 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 2013–Aug 2017 48-Month |
161.14" (4,092.96mm) | 139.63" (3,546.60mm) |
21.51" (546.36mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1956 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2012–Aug 2017 60-Month |
193.81" (4,922.77mm) | 174.44" (4,430.78mm) |
19.37" (491.99mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1956 |
| 10th 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 June 29, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/