Climate at a Glance
Statewide 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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Alabama
Precipitation Rankings, August 2003
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2003 1-Month |
5.70" (144.78mm) | 4.34" (110.24mm) |
1.36" (34.54mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1925 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 1939 | ||||
| Ties: 1960 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 2003 2-Month |
13.44" (341.38mm) | 9.79" (248.67mm) |
3.65" (92.71mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2000 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1916 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2003 3-Month |
21.61" (548.89mm) | 14.07" (357.38mm) |
7.54" (191.51mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1902 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1916 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2003 4-Month |
30.10" (764.54mm) | 18.31" (465.07mm) |
11.79" (299.47mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2000 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2003 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2003 5-Month |
36.51" (927.35mm) | 23.11" (586.99mm) |
13.40" (340.36mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1902 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2003 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2003 6-Month |
41.18" (1,045.97mm) | 29.28" (743.71mm) |
11.90" (302.26mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1925 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2003 7-Month |
47.94" (1,217.68mm) | 34.46" (875.28mm) |
13.48" (342.40mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2007 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2003 8-Month |
50.27" (1,276.86mm) | 39.64" (1,006.86mm) |
10.63" (270.00mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2007 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1975 | ||||
|
Dec 2002–Aug 2003 9-Month |
56.81" (1,442.97mm) | 44.80" (1,137.92mm) |
12.01" (305.05mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2007 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1975 | ||||
|
Nov 2002–Aug 2003 10-Month |
61.69" (1,566.93mm) | 48.61" (1,234.69mm) |
13.08" (332.24mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2000 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1949 | ||||
|
Oct 2002–Aug 2003 11-Month |
67.27" (1,708.66mm) | 51.49" (1,307.85mm) |
15.78" (400.81mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2000 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2002–Aug 2003 12-Month |
74.84" (1,900.94mm) | 55.27" (1,403.86mm) |
19.57" (497.08mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2000 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2003 | ||||
|
Mar 2002–Aug 2003 18-Month |
99.30" (2,522.22mm) | 84.71" (2,151.63mm) |
14.59" (370.59mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2007 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1990 | 1949 | ||||
|
Sep 2001–Aug 2003 24-Month |
123.04" (3,125.22mm) | 110.77" (2,813.56mm) |
12.27" (311.66mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2007 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1920 | ||||
|
Sep 2000–Aug 2003 36-Month |
182.72" (4,641.09mm) | 166.25" (4,222.75mm) |
16.47" (418.34mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2008 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 1999–Aug 2003 48-Month |
220.16" (5,592.06mm) | 221.53" (5,626.86mm) |
-1.37" (-34.80mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1899 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1976 | ||||
|
Sep 1998–Aug 2003 60-Month |
275.17" (6,989.32mm) | 276.69" (7,027.93mm) |
-1.52" (-38.61mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1955 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1977 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/