Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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New Jersey
Precipitation Rankings, April 1973
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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April 1973 1-Month |
6.49" (164.85mm) | 3.75" (95.25mm) |
2.74" (69.60mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1963 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1983 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 1973 2-Month |
10.05" (255.27mm) | 7.65" (194.31mm) |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1985 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 1973 3-Month |
13.60" (345.44mm) | 10.70" (271.78mm) |
2.90" (73.66mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1985 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 1973 4-Month |
17.80" (452.12mm) | 14.19" (360.43mm) |
3.61" (91.69mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1985 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1983 | ||||
|
Dec 1972–Apr 1973 5-Month |
23.78" (604.01mm) | 17.88" (454.15mm) |
5.90" (149.86mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1985 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1958 | ||||
|
Nov 1972–Apr 1973 6-Month |
32.79" (832.87mm) | 21.28" (540.51mm) |
11.51" (292.36mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1985 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1973 | ||||
|
Oct 1972–Apr 1973 7-Month |
38.09" (967.49mm) | 24.63" (625.60mm) |
13.46" (341.89mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1985 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1973 | ||||
|
Sep 1972–Apr 1973 8-Month |
40.32" (1,024.13mm) | 28.37" (720.60mm) |
11.95" (303.53mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1985 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1972–Apr 1973 9-Month |
41.99" (1,066.55mm) | 33.00" (838.20mm) |
8.99" (228.35mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1985 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1972–Apr 1973 10-Month |
45.91" (1,166.11mm) | 37.47" (951.74mm) |
8.44" (214.37mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 2002 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1928 | ||||||
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Jun 1972–Apr 1973 11-Month |
54.37" (1,381.00mm) | 41.19" (1,046.23mm) |
13.18" (334.77mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1966 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1939 | ||||
|
May 1972–Apr 1973 12-Month |
59.88" (1,520.95mm) | 44.92" (1,140.97mm) |
14.96" (379.98mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1966 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1971–Apr 1973 18-Month |
81.86" (2,079.24mm) | 66.20" (1,681.48mm) |
15.66" (397.76mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1966 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 1953 | ||||
|
May 1971–Apr 1973 24-Month |
112.60" (2,860.04mm) | 89.81" (2,281.17mm) |
22.79" (578.87mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1966 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1973 | ||||
|
May 1970–Apr 1973 36-Month |
153.34" (3,894.84mm) | 134.85" (3,425.19mm) |
18.49" (469.65mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1967 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2021 | ||||
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May 1969–Apr 1973 48-Month |
202.13" (5,134.10mm) | 179.93" (4,570.22mm) |
22.20" (563.88mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1966 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1905 | 2021 | ||||
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May 1968–Apr 1973 60-Month |
241.97" (6,146.04mm) | 224.86" (5,711.44mm) |
17.11" (434.60mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1967 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 1976 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/