Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, October 1955
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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October 1955 1-Month |
2.66" (67.56mm) | 3.27" (83.06mm) |
-0.61" (-15.50mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 2000 |
80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1971 | ||||
Sep–Oct 1955 2-Month |
9.97" (253.24mm) | 7.56" (192.02mm) |
2.41" (61.22mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1940 |
29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1999 | ||||
Aug–Oct 1955 3-Month |
19.22" (488.19mm) | 12.84" (326.14mm) |
6.38" (162.05mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1943 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1999 | ||||
Jul–Oct 1955 4-Month |
24.96" (633.98mm) | 18.51" (470.15mm) |
6.45" (163.83mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1925 |
12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2018 | ||||
Jun–Oct 1955 5-Month |
28.65" (727.71mm) | 23.09" (586.49mm) |
5.56" (141.22mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1954 |
17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1906 | ||||
May–Oct 1955 6-Month |
32.46" (824.48mm) | 27.08" (687.83mm) |
5.38" (136.65mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 2007 |
18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1901 | ||||
Ties: 1910 | ||||||
Apr–Oct 1955 7-Month |
36.14" (917.96mm) | 30.61" (777.49mm) |
5.53" (140.47mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 2007 |
17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1901 | ||||
Mar–Oct 1955 8-Month |
39.66" (1,007.36mm) | 34.90" (886.46mm) |
4.76" (120.90mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 2007 |
22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1901 | ||||
Feb–Oct 1955 9-Month |
43.08" (1,094.23mm) | 38.73" (983.74mm) |
4.35" (110.49mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1925 |
25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2003 | ||||
Jan–Oct 1955 10-Month |
45.74" (1,161.80mm) | 42.63" (1,082.80mm) |
3.11" (79.00mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 2007 |
33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2003 | ||||
Dec 1954–Oct 1955 11-Month |
49.35" (1,253.49mm) | 46.33" (1,176.78mm) |
3.02" (76.71mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1986 |
35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2003 | ||||
Nov 1954–Oct 1955 12-Month |
52.17" (1,325.12mm) | 49.36" (1,253.74mm) |
2.81" (71.38mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1951 |
41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2003 | ||||
May 1954–Oct 1955 18-Month |
71.81" (1,823.97mm) | 76.41" (1,940.81mm) |
-4.60" (-116.84mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1926 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1929 | ||||
Nov 1953–Oct 1955 24-Month |
95.75" (2,432.05mm) | 98.73" (2,507.74mm) |
-2.98" (-75.69mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1926 |
81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2020 | ||||
Nov 1952–Oct 1955 36-Month |
140.78" (3,575.81mm) | 148.10" (3,761.74mm) |
-7.32" (-185.93mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1927 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2020 | ||||
Nov 1951–Oct 1955 48-Month |
190.47" (4,837.94mm) | 197.42" (5,014.47mm) |
-6.95" (-176.53mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1988 |
89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2021 | ||||
Nov 1950–Oct 1955 60-Month |
227.78" (5,785.61mm) | 246.75" (6,267.45mm) |
-18.97" (-481.84mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1954 |
117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 9, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/