Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Precipitation Rankings, October 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1956 1-Month |
2.30" (58.42mm) | 1.20" (30.48mm) |
1.10" (27.94mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1962 | ||||
| Ties: 1904 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 1956 2-Month |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 1.65" (41.91mm) |
0.90" (22.86mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 2020 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1962 | ||||
| Ties: 1918, 2000 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 1956 3-Month |
2.58" (65.53mm) | 1.89" (48.01mm) |
0.69" (17.52mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1995, 2002 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1962 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1956 4-Month |
2.88" (73.15mm) | 2.07" (52.58mm) |
0.81" (20.57mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 2002, 2020 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1962 | ||||
| Ties: 2000 | ||||||
|
Jun–Oct 1956 5-Month |
3.08" (78.23mm) | 2.42" (61.47mm) |
0.66" (16.76mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 2002 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1982 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1956 6-Month |
4.50" (114.30mm) | 3.30" (83.82mm) |
1.20" (30.48mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 2002 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 2011 | ||||||
|
Apr–Oct 1956 7-Month |
6.33" (160.78mm) | 4.93" (125.22mm) |
1.40" (35.56mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 2002 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1963 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1956 8-Month |
6.74" (171.20mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
-1.40" (-35.56mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 2008 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1956 9-Month |
9.91" (251.71mm) | 11.99" (304.55mm) |
-2.08" (-52.84mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1966 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1956 10-Month |
16.87" (428.50mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
0.63" (16.00mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 2013 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1955–Oct 1956 11-Month |
27.55" (699.77mm) | 19.87" (504.70mm) |
7.68" (195.07mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1977 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1955–Oct 1956 12-Month |
30.24" (768.10mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
7.80" (198.12mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1977 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1983 | ||||
|
May 1955–Oct 1956 18-Month |
32.35" (821.69mm) | 25.75" (654.05mm) |
6.60" (167.64mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1977 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1954–Oct 1956 24-Month |
47.00" (1,193.80mm) | 44.87" (1,139.70mm) |
2.13" (54.10mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1977 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1953–Oct 1956 36-Month |
67.67" (1,718.82mm) | 67.29" (1,709.17mm) |
0.38" (9.65mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 2014 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1952–Oct 1956 48-Month |
90.28" (2,293.11mm) | 89.47" (2,272.54mm) |
0.81" (20.57mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 2015 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1951–Oct 1956 60-Month |
119.34" (3,031.24mm) | 111.65" (2,835.91mm) |
7.69" (195.33mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1991 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/