Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Kentucky
Precipitation Rankings, December 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1979 1-Month |
3.72" (94.49mm) | 4.06" (103.12mm) |
-0.34" (-8.63mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1965 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1990 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1979 2-Month |
9.40" (238.76mm) | 7.63" (193.80mm) |
1.77" (44.96mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1976 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1979 3-Month |
11.97" (304.04mm) | 10.42" (264.67mm) |
1.55" (39.37mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1963 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1919 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1979 4-Month |
20.25" (514.35mm) | 13.65" (346.71mm) |
6.60" (167.64mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1963 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1979 5-Month |
25.68" (652.27mm) | 17.39" (441.71mm) |
8.29" (210.56mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1953 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1926 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1979 6-Month |
32.38" (822.45mm) | 21.73" (551.94mm) |
10.65" (270.51mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1953 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1979 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1979 7-Month |
37.31" (947.67mm) | 25.98" (659.89mm) |
11.33" (287.78mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1979 8-Month |
42.16" (1,070.86mm) | 30.32" (770.13mm) |
11.84" (300.73mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1915 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1979 9-Month |
49.01" (1,244.85mm) | 34.42" (874.27mm) |
14.59" (370.58mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1979 10-Month |
52.26" (1,327.40mm) | 39.13" (993.90mm) |
13.13" (333.50mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1979 11-Month |
56.85" (1,443.99mm) | 42.74" (1,085.60mm) |
14.11" (358.39mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1979 12-Month |
62.58" (1,589.53mm) | 46.94" (1,192.28mm) |
15.64" (397.25mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul 1978–Dec 1979 18-Month |
93.26" (2,368.80mm) | 68.70" (1,744.98mm) |
24.56" (623.82mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1979 | ||||
|
Jan 1978–Dec 1979 24-Month |
115.55" (2,934.97mm) | 93.88" (2,384.55mm) |
21.67" (550.42mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1977–Dec 1979 36-Month |
164.07" (4,167.38mm) | 140.90" (3,578.86mm) |
23.17" (588.52mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1954 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 1976–Dec 1979 48-Month |
206.56" (5,246.62mm) | 187.95" (4,773.93mm) |
18.61" (472.69mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1904 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2021 | ||||
|
Jan 1975–Dec 1979 60-Month |
263.51" (6,693.15mm) | 235.00" (5,969.00mm) |
28.51" (724.15mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1944 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2021 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 7, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/