Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Texas
Precipitation Rankings, December 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1956 1-Month |
1.41" (35.81mm) | 1.78" (45.21mm) |
-0.37" (-9.40mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1917 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 1991 | ||||
| Ties: 1929 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1956 2-Month |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 3.63" (92.20mm) |
-1.08" (-27.43mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1950 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 1940 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1956 3-Month |
4.19" (106.43mm) | 6.16" (156.46mm) |
-1.97" (-50.03mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1950 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1956 4-Month |
4.73" (120.14mm) | 9.09" (230.89mm) |
-4.36" (-110.75mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1903 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1956 5-Month |
5.80" (147.32mm) | 11.41" (289.81mm) |
-5.61" (-142.49mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1956 6-Month |
6.85" (173.99mm) | 13.74" (349.00mm) |
-6.89" (-175.01mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1956 7-Month |
8.02" (203.71mm) | 16.60" (421.64mm) |
-8.58" (-217.93mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1919 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1956 8-Month |
10.53" (267.46mm) | 19.97" (507.24mm) |
-9.44" (-239.78mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1919 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1956 9-Month |
11.84" (300.74mm) | 22.33" (567.18mm) |
-10.49" (-266.44mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1956 10-Month |
12.27" (311.66mm) | 23.99" (609.35mm) |
-11.72" (-297.69mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1956 11-Month |
13.82" (351.03mm) | 25.59" (649.99mm) |
-11.77" (-298.96mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 2011 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1956 12-Month |
14.98" (380.49mm) | 27.08" (687.83mm) |
-12.10" (-307.34mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jul 1955–Dec 1956 18-Month |
25.53" (648.46mm) | 40.86" (1,037.84mm) |
-15.33" (-389.38mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jan 1955–Dec 1956 24-Month |
37.09" (942.09mm) | 54.23" (1,377.44mm) |
-17.14" (-435.35mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jan 1954–Dec 1956 36-Month |
55.04" (1,398.02mm) | 81.41" (2,067.81mm) |
-26.37" (-669.79mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jan 1953–Dec 1956 48-Month |
77.89" (1,978.41mm) | 108.56" (2,757.42mm) |
-30.67" (-779.01mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan 1952–Dec 1956 60-Month |
99.50" (2,527.30mm) | 135.60" (3,444.24mm) |
-36.10" (-916.94mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published July 2022, retrieved on August 8, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/