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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
North Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, August 1997
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1997 1-Month |
1.90" (48.26mm) | 5.28" (134.11mm) |
-3.38" (-85.85mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1997 |
| 128th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1997 2-Month |
7.68" (195.07mm) | 10.96" (278.38mm) |
-3.28" (-83.31mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1983 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1908 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1997 3-Month |
11.59" (294.39mm) | 15.53" (394.46mm) |
-3.94" (-100.07mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1983 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1906 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1997 4-Month |
13.74" (349.00mm) | 19.52" (495.81mm) |
-5.78" (-146.81mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 2007 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1901 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1997 5-Month |
18.60" (472.44mm) | 23.06" (585.72mm) |
-4.46" (-113.28mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 2007 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1901 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1997 6-Month |
22.90" (581.66mm) | 27.34" (694.44mm) |
-4.44" (-112.78mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 2007 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1997 7-Month |
26.67" (677.42mm) | 31.17" (791.72mm) |
-4.50" (-114.30mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 2007 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1997 8-Month |
30.30" (769.62mm) | 35.07" (890.78mm) |
-4.77" (-121.16mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 2007 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1901 | ||||
| Ties: 1927 | ||||||
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Dec 1996–Aug 1997 9-Month |
34.25" (869.95mm) | 38.77" (984.76mm) |
-4.52" (-114.81mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 2007 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1906 | ||||
|
Nov 1996–Aug 1997 10-Month |
37.79" (959.87mm) | 41.81" (1,061.97mm) |
-4.02" (-102.10mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1911 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2003 | ||||
|
Oct 1996–Aug 1997 11-Month |
41.76" (1,060.70mm) | 45.10" (1,145.54mm) |
-3.34" (-84.84mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 2002 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2003 | ||||
|
Sep 1996–Aug 1997 12-Month |
50.90" (1,292.86mm) | 49.35" (1,253.49mm) |
1.55" (39.37mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 2002 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2003 | ||||
|
Mar 1996–Aug 1997 18-Month |
79.04" (2,007.62mm) | 76.69" (1,947.93mm) |
2.35" (59.69mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 2008 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1995–Aug 1997 24-Month |
103.53" (2,629.66mm) | 98.62" (2,504.95mm) |
4.91" (124.71mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2002 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1994–Aug 1997 36-Month |
154.30" (3,919.22mm) | 148.03" (3,759.96mm) |
6.27" (159.26mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1942 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2021 | ||||
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Sep 1993–Aug 1997 48-Month |
205.73" (5,225.54mm) | 197.32" (5,011.93mm) |
8.41" (213.61mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1988 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2021 | ||||
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Sep 1992–Aug 1997 60-Month |
254.76" (6,470.90mm) | 246.59" (6,263.39mm) |
8.17" (207.51mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1927 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 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/