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.
North Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, October 1952
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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October 1952 1-Month |
1.21" (30.73mm) | 3.27" (83.06mm) |
-2.06" (-52.33mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 2000 |
117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1971 | ||||
Ties: 2001 | ||||||
Sep–Oct 1952 2-Month |
4.82" (122.43mm) | 7.56" (192.02mm) |
-2.74" (-69.59mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1940 |
112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1999 | ||||
Aug–Oct 1952 3-Month |
13.06" (331.72mm) | 12.84" (326.14mm) |
0.22" (5.58mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1943 |
60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1999 | ||||
Jul–Oct 1952 4-Month |
17.27" (438.66mm) | 18.51" (470.15mm) |
-1.24" (-31.49mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1925 |
82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2018 | ||||
Jun–Oct 1952 5-Month |
20.34" (516.64mm) | 23.09" (586.49mm) |
-2.75" (-69.85mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1954 |
95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1906 | ||||
May–Oct 1952 6-Month |
23.82" (605.03mm) | 27.08" (687.83mm) |
-3.26" (-82.80mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 2007 |
95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1901 | ||||
Apr–Oct 1952 7-Month |
26.82" (681.23mm) | 30.61" (777.49mm) |
-3.79" (-96.26mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 2007 |
101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1901 | ||||
Mar–Oct 1952 8-Month |
33.56" (852.42mm) | 34.90" (886.46mm) |
-1.34" (-34.04mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 2007 |
78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1901 | ||||
Feb–Oct 1952 9-Month |
37.93" (963.42mm) | 38.73" (983.74mm) |
-0.80" (-20.32mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1925 |
71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2003 | ||||
Jan–Oct 1952 10-Month |
41.53" (1,054.86mm) | 42.63" (1,082.80mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 2007 |
74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2003 | ||||
Dec 1951–Oct 1952 11-Month |
46.00" (1,168.40mm) | 46.33" (1,176.78mm) |
-0.33" (-8.38mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1986 |
65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2003 | ||||
Nov 1951–Oct 1952 12-Month |
49.69" (1,262.13mm) | 49.36" (1,253.74mm) |
0.33" (8.39mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1951 |
56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2003 | ||||
May 1951–Oct 1952 18-Month |
70.60" (1,793.24mm) | 76.41" (1,940.81mm) |
-5.81" (-147.57mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1926 |
105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1929 | ||||
Ties: 2007 | ||||||
Nov 1950–Oct 1952 24-Month |
87.00" (2,209.80mm) | 98.73" (2,507.74mm) |
-11.73" (-297.94mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1926 |
115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2020 | ||||
Nov 1949–Oct 1952 36-Month |
132.56" (3,367.02mm) | 148.10" (3,761.74mm) |
-15.54" (-394.72mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1927 |
115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2020 | ||||
Nov 1948–Oct 1952 48-Month |
193.54" (4,915.92mm) | 197.42" (5,014.47mm) |
-3.88" (-98.55mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1988 |
86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2021 | ||||
Nov 1947–Oct 1952 60-Month |
244.67" (6,214.62mm) | 246.75" (6,267.45mm) |
-2.08" (-52.83mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1954 |
72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 16, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/