Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Rhode Island
Precipitation Rankings, February 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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February 1979 1-Month |
4.12" (104.65mm) | 3.44" (87.38mm) |
0.68" (17.27mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1987 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2008 | ||||
|
Jan–Feb 1979 2-Month |
16.05" (407.67mm) | 7.38" (187.45mm) |
8.67" (220.22mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1980 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1978–Feb 1979 3-Month |
20.75" (527.05mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
9.22" (234.19mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1980 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Feb 1979 4-Month |
23.58" (598.93mm) | 15.69" (398.53mm) |
7.89" (200.40mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 2002 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1978–Feb 1979 5-Month |
27.16" (689.86mm) | 19.22" (488.19mm) |
7.94" (201.67mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 2002 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–Feb 1979 6-Month |
29.34" (745.24mm) | 22.82" (579.63mm) |
6.52" (165.61mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1947 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1978–Feb 1979 7-Month |
34.86" (885.44mm) | 26.86" (682.24mm) |
8.00" (203.20mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1985 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1978–Feb 1979 8-Month |
38.07" (966.98mm) | 30.10" (764.54mm) |
7.97" (202.44mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1966 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1978–Feb 1979 9-Month |
39.77" (1,010.16mm) | 33.38" (847.85mm) |
6.39" (162.31mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1966 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1978–Feb 1979 10-Month |
45.44" (1,154.18mm) | 36.84" (935.74mm) |
8.60" (218.44mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1966 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1973 | ||||
|
Apr 1978–Feb 1979 11-Month |
47.62" (1,209.55mm) | 40.87" (1,038.10mm) |
6.75" (171.45mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1966 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1899 | ||||
|
Mar 1978–Feb 1979 12-Month |
50.78" (1,289.81mm) | 45.08" (1,145.03mm) |
5.70" (144.78mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1966 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1973 | ||||
|
Sep 1977–Feb 1979 18-Month |
85.07" (2,160.78mm) | 67.88" (1,724.15mm) |
17.19" (436.63mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1966 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1899 | 2007 | ||||
|
Mar 1977–Feb 1979 24-Month |
108.65" (2,759.71mm) | 90.21" (2,291.33mm) |
18.44" (468.38mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1967 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1976–Feb 1979 36-Month |
147.64" (3,750.06mm) | 135.37" (3,438.40mm) |
12.27" (311.66mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1967 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 1975–Feb 1979 48-Month |
200.32" (5,088.13mm) | 180.60" (4,587.24mm) |
19.72" (500.89mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1967 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2012 | ||||
|
Mar 1974–Feb 1979 60-Month |
245.69" (6,240.53mm) | 225.71" (5,733.03mm) |
19.98" (507.50mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1975 | 1967 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2010 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/