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 July 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Kentucky
Precipitation Rankings, December 2018
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 2018 1-Month |
5.59" (141.99mm) | 4.06" (103.12mm) |
1.53" (38.87mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1990 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2018 2-Month |
11.41" (289.81mm) | 7.63" (193.80mm) |
3.78" (96.01mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1976 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 2018 3-Month |
14.48" (367.79mm) | 10.42" (264.67mm) |
4.06" (103.12mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1963 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1919 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2018 4-Month |
22.54" (572.52mm) | 13.65" (346.71mm) |
8.89" (225.81mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1963 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 2018 5-Month |
27.34" (694.44mm) | 17.39" (441.71mm) |
9.95" (252.73mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1953 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2018 6-Month |
31.61" (802.89mm) | 21.73" (551.94mm) |
9.88" (250.95mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1953 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1979 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 2018 7-Month |
37.77" (959.36mm) | 25.98" (659.89mm) |
11.79" (299.47mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2018 8-Month |
42.65" (1,083.31mm) | 30.32" (770.13mm) |
12.33" (313.18mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2018 9-Month |
47.10" (1,196.34mm) | 34.42" (874.27mm) |
12.68" (322.07mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2018 10-Month |
52.28" (1,327.91mm) | 39.13" (993.90mm) |
13.15" (334.01mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2018 11-Month |
61.27" (1,556.26mm) | 42.74" (1,085.60mm) |
18.53" (470.66mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2018 12-Month |
63.74" (1,619.00mm) | 46.94" (1,192.28mm) |
16.80" (426.72mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul 2017–Dec 2018 18-Month |
87.63" (2,225.80mm) | 68.70" (1,744.98mm) |
18.93" (480.82mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1979 | ||||
|
Jan 2017–Dec 2018 24-Month |
114.00" (2,895.60mm) | 93.88" (2,384.55mm) |
20.12" (511.05mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1931 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2016–Dec 2018 36-Month |
163.19" (4,145.03mm) | 140.90" (3,578.86mm) |
22.29" (566.17mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1954 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 2015–Dec 2018 48-Month |
221.50" (5,626.10mm) | 187.95" (4,773.93mm) |
33.55" (852.17mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1904 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Jan 2014–Dec 2018 60-Month |
268.61" (6,822.69mm) | 235.00" (5,969.00mm) |
33.61" (853.69mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1944 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2021 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 18, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/