Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, August 1942
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1942 1-Month |
7.34" (186.44mm) | 5.28" (134.11mm) |
2.06" (52.33mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1997 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1942 2-Month |
12.67" (321.82mm) | 10.96" (278.38mm) |
1.71" (43.44mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1983 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 1908 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1942 3-Month |
17.26" (438.40mm) | 15.53" (394.46mm) |
1.73" (43.94mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1983 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1906 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1942 4-Month |
22.14" (562.36mm) | 19.52" (495.81mm) |
2.62" (66.55mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 2007 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1901 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1942 5-Month |
23.19" (589.03mm) | 23.06" (585.72mm) |
0.13" (3.31mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 2007 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 1901 | ||||
| Ties: 1964 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1942 6-Month |
28.71" (729.23mm) | 27.34" (694.44mm) |
1.37" (34.79mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 2007 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1942 7-Month |
32.03" (813.56mm) | 31.17" (791.72mm) |
0.86" (21.84mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 2007 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1942 8-Month |
34.37" (873.00mm) | 35.07" (890.78mm) |
-0.70" (-17.78mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 2007 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1901 | ||||
| Ties: 1983 | ||||||
|
Dec 1941–Aug 1942 9-Month |
38.70" (982.98mm) | 38.77" (984.76mm) |
-0.07" (-1.78mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 2007 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1906 | ||||
|
Nov 1941–Aug 1942 10-Month |
39.87" (1,012.70mm) | 41.81" (1,061.97mm) |
-1.94" (-49.27mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1911 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2003 | ||||
|
Oct 1941–Aug 1942 11-Month |
41.62" (1,057.15mm) | 45.10" (1,145.54mm) |
-3.48" (-88.39mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 2002 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2003 | ||||
| Ties: 1977 | ||||||
|
Sep 1941–Aug 1942 12-Month |
43.23" (1,098.04mm) | 49.35" (1,253.49mm) |
-6.12" (-155.45mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 2002 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2003 | ||||
|
Mar 1941–Aug 1942 18-Month |
69.38" (1,762.25mm) | 76.69" (1,947.93mm) |
-7.31" (-185.68mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 2008 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1940–Aug 1942 24-Month |
82.96" (2,107.18mm) | 98.62" (2,504.95mm) |
-15.66" (-397.77mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 2002 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1939–Aug 1942 36-Month |
125.20" (3,180.08mm) | 148.03" (3,759.96mm) |
-22.83" (-579.88mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1942 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2021 | ||||
|
Sep 1938–Aug 1942 48-Month |
181.09" (4,599.69mm) | 197.32" (5,011.93mm) |
-16.23" (-412.24mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1927 | 1988 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2021 | ||||
|
Sep 1937–Aug 1942 60-Month |
227.27" (5,772.66mm) | 246.59" (6,263.39mm) |
-19.32" (-490.73mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1927 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2020 | ||||
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/