Regional Rankings
Northwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 1970
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 1970 1-Month |
5.76" (146.30mm) | 4.63" (117.60mm) |
1.13" (28.70mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
35th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1964 | ||||
Nov– 2-Month |
11.21" (284.73mm) | 8.97" (227.84mm) |
2.24" (56.89mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
23rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1996 | ||||
Ties: 1948 | ||||||
Oct– 3-Month |
13.87" (352.30mm) | 11.51" (292.35mm) |
2.36" (59.95mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
30th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1996 | ||||
Sep– 4-Month |
15.75" (400.05mm) | 12.93" (328.42mm) |
2.82" (71.63mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
24th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1996 | ||||
Ties: 1951 | ||||||
Aug– 5-Month |
15.96" (405.38mm) | 13.73" (348.74mm) |
2.23" (56.64mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: |
1936 |
33rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1996 | ||||
Jul– 6-Month |
16.66" (423.16mm) | 14.46" (367.28mm) |
2.20" (55.88mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: |
1936 |
33rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1996 | ||||
Jun– 7-Month |
18.51" (470.15mm) | 16.18" (410.97mm) |
2.33" (59.18mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
31st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1996 | ||||
May– 8-Month |
20.06" (509.52mm) | 18.32" (465.33mm) |
1.74" (44.19mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: |
1935 |
39th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1996 | ||||
Ties: 2006 | ||||||
Apr– 9-Month |
22.76" (578.10mm) | 20.67" (525.02mm) |
2.09" (53.08mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
36th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1996 | ||||
Mar– 10-Month |
25.37" (644.40mm) | 23.93" (607.82mm) |
1.44" (36.58mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
44th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1996 | ||||
Feb– 11-Month |
27.73" (704.34mm) | 27.54" (699.52mm) |
0.19" (4.82mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: |
1935 |
63rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1996 | ||||
Jan– 12-Month |
36.19" (919.23mm) | 32.07" (814.58mm) |
4.12" (104.65mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: |
1929 |
25th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1996 | ||||
Jul 1969– 18-Month |
48.14" (1,222.76mm) | 46.58" (1,183.13mm) |
1.56" (39.63mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: |
1929 |
49th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1996 | ||||
Jan 1969– 24-Month |
66.02" (1,676.91mm) | 64.19" (1,630.43mm) |
1.83" (46.48mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: |
1930 |
50th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1996 | ||||
Ties: 1949 | ||||||
Jan 1968– 36-Month |
102.20" (2,595.88mm) | 96.33" (2,446.78mm) |
5.87" (149.10mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: |
1930 |
22nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1997 | ||||
Jan 1967– 48-Month |
133.31" (3,386.07mm) | 128.33" (3,259.58mm) |
4.98" (126.49mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
30th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Jan 1966– 60-Month |
162.98" (4,139.69mm) | 160.34" (4,072.64mm) |
2.64" (67.05mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: |
1932 |
47th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1999 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Rankings, published March 2023, retrieved on March 26, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/regional/rankings