Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Kentucky
Precipitation Rankings, October 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1979 1-Month |
2.57" (65.28mm) | 2.79" (70.87mm) |
-0.22" (-5.59mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1963 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1919 | ||||
| Ties: 1935 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 1979 2-Month |
10.85" (275.59mm) | 6.03" (153.16mm) |
4.82" (122.43mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1963 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1979 3-Month |
16.28" (413.51mm) | 9.76" (247.90mm) |
6.52" (165.61mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1953 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1926 | 2006 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1979 4-Month |
22.98" (583.69mm) | 14.11" (358.39mm) |
8.87" (225.30mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1953 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1979 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1979 5-Month |
27.91" (708.91mm) | 18.35" (466.09mm) |
9.56" (242.82mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1979 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1979 6-Month |
32.76" (832.10mm) | 22.69" (576.33mm) |
10.07" (255.77mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2009 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1979 7-Month |
39.61" (1,006.09mm) | 26.79" (680.47mm) |
12.82" (325.62mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1979 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1979 8-Month |
42.86" (1,088.64mm) | 31.51" (800.35mm) |
11.35" (288.29mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1979 9-Month |
47.45" (1,205.23mm) | 35.11" (891.79mm) |
12.34" (313.44mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1979 10-Month |
53.18" (1,350.77mm) | 39.31" (998.47mm) |
13.87" (352.30mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1950 | ||||
|
Dec 1978–Oct 1979 11-Month |
63.64" (1,616.46mm) | 43.36" (1,101.34mm) |
20.28" (515.12mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Oct 1979 12-Month |
68.32" (1,735.33mm) | 46.98" (1,193.29mm) |
21.34" (542.04mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1979 | ||||
|
May 1978–Oct 1979 18-Month |
92.32" (2,344.93mm) | 69.67" (1,769.62mm) |
22.65" (575.31mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1977–Oct 1979 24-Month |
114.94" (2,919.48mm) | 93.92" (2,385.57mm) |
21.02" (533.91mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1976–Oct 1979 36-Month |
157.03" (3,988.56mm) | 140.93" (3,579.62mm) |
16.10" (408.94mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1942 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1975–Oct 1979 48-Month |
204.35" (5,190.49mm) | 188.01" (4,775.45mm) |
16.34" (415.04mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1943 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1974–Oct 1979 60-Month |
261.20" (6,634.48mm) | 235.02" (5,969.51mm) |
26.18" (664.97mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1944 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2021 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/