Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Kentucky
Precipitation Rankings, October 1973
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1973 1-Month |
3.06" (77.72mm) | 2.79" (70.87mm) |
0.27" (6.85mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1963 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1919 | ||||
| Ties: 1917, 1986 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 1973 2-Month |
5.35" (135.89mm) | 6.03" (153.16mm) |
-0.68" (-17.27mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1963 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2006 | ||||
| Ties: 1896 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 1973 3-Month |
7.63" (193.80mm) | 9.76" (247.90mm) |
-2.13" (-54.10mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1963 | 1953 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2006 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1973 4-Month |
13.11" (332.99mm) | 14.11" (358.39mm) |
-1.00" (-25.40mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1953 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1979 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1973 5-Month |
18.35" (466.09mm) | 18.35" (466.09mm) |
0.00" (0.00mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1930 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1979 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1973 6-Month |
24.97" (634.24mm) | 22.69" (576.33mm) |
2.28" (57.91mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1930 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2009 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1973 7-Month |
30.80" (782.32mm) | 26.79" (680.47mm) |
4.01" (101.85mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1930 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1979 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1973 8-Month |
36.99" (939.55mm) | 31.51" (800.35mm) |
5.48" (139.20mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1930 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1973 9-Month |
39.26" (997.20mm) | 35.11" (891.79mm) |
4.15" (105.41mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1973 10-Month |
41.69" (1,058.93mm) | 39.31" (998.47mm) |
2.38" (60.46mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1950 | ||||
| Ties: 1913 | ||||||
|
Dec 1972–Oct 1973 11-Month |
48.41" (1,229.61mm) | 43.36" (1,101.34mm) |
5.05" (128.27mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1972–Oct 1973 12-Month |
53.81" (1,366.77mm) | 46.98" (1,193.29mm) |
6.83" (173.48mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1930 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1979 | ||||
|
May 1972–Oct 1973 18-Month |
75.78" (1,924.81mm) | 69.67" (1,769.62mm) |
6.11" (155.19mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1971–Oct 1973 24-Month |
104.24" (2,647.70mm) | 93.92" (2,385.57mm) |
10.32" (262.13mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1931 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1970–Oct 1973 36-Month |
150.01" (3,810.25mm) | 140.93" (3,579.62mm) |
9.08" (230.63mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1942 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1969–Oct 1973 48-Month |
199.64" (5,070.86mm) | 188.01" (4,775.45mm) |
11.63" (295.41mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1943 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1968–Oct 1973 60-Month |
240.79" (6,116.07mm) | 235.02" (5,969.51mm) |
5.77" (146.56mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1944 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2021 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/