Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Texas
Precipitation Rankings, December 1940
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1940 1-Month |
3.02" (76.71mm) | 1.78" (45.21mm) |
1.24" (31.50mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1991 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1940 2-Month |
8.19" (208.03mm) | 3.63" (92.20mm) |
4.56" (115.83mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1950 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1940 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1940 3-Month |
10.47" (265.94mm) | 6.16" (156.46mm) |
4.31" (109.48mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1950 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1940 4-Month |
11.69" (296.93mm) | 9.09" (230.89mm) |
2.60" (66.04mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1940 5-Month |
14.62" (371.35mm) | 11.41" (289.81mm) |
3.21" (81.54mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1940 6-Month |
16.38" (416.05mm) | 13.74" (349.00mm) |
2.64" (67.05mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1956 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1926 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1907 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1940 7-Month |
21.25" (539.75mm) | 16.60" (421.64mm) |
4.65" (118.11mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 1919 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1940 8-Month |
24.52" (622.81mm) | 19.97" (507.24mm) |
4.55" (115.57mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 1919 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1940 9-Month |
27.22" (691.39mm) | 22.33" (567.18mm) |
4.89" (124.21mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1940 10-Month |
28.13" (714.50mm) | 23.99" (609.35mm) |
4.14" (105.15mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1956 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1940 11-Month |
30.14" (765.56mm) | 25.59" (649.99mm) |
4.55" (115.57mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 2011 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1940 12-Month |
30.86" (783.84mm) | 27.08" (687.83mm) |
3.78" (96.01mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jul 1939–Dec 1940 18-Month |
41.34" (1,050.04mm) | 40.86" (1,037.84mm) |
0.48" (12.20mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jan 1939–Dec 1940 24-Month |
53.39" (1,356.11mm) | 54.23" (1,377.44mm) |
-0.84" (-21.33mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1917 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jan 1938–Dec 1940 36-Month |
77.58" (1,970.53mm) | 81.41" (2,067.81mm) |
-3.83" (-97.28mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1956 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jan 1937–Dec 1940 48-Month |
101.56" (2,579.62mm) | 108.56" (2,757.42mm) |
-7.00" (-177.80mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1956 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan 1936–Dec 1940 60-Month |
128.81" (3,271.77mm) | 135.60" (3,444.24mm) |
-6.79" (-172.47mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1956 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/