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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, December 1938
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1938 1-Month |
2.80" (71.12mm) | 3.22" (81.79mm) |
-0.42" (-10.67mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2009 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1938 2-Month |
6.47" (164.34mm) | 6.06" (153.92mm) |
0.41" (10.42mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1934 | 2009 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1938 3-Month |
7.77" (197.36mm) | 9.18" (233.17mm) |
-1.41" (-35.81mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 1965 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1938 4-Month |
11.82" (300.23mm) | 12.73" (323.34mm) |
-0.91" (-23.11mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 2001 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1938 5-Month |
14.39" (365.51mm) | 17.08" (433.83mm) |
-2.69" (-68.32mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 1930 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1938 6-Month |
21.74" (552.20mm) | 21.61" (548.89mm) |
0.13" (3.31mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1930 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1902 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1938 7-Month |
28.48" (723.39mm) | 25.59" (649.99mm) |
2.89" (73.40mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1930 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1938 8-Month |
32.88" (835.15mm) | 29.42" (747.27mm) |
3.46" (87.88mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1930 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1938 9-Month |
35.39" (898.91mm) | 32.79" (832.87mm) |
2.60" (66.04mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1930 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2018 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1938 10-Month |
38.56" (979.42mm) | 36.57" (928.88mm) |
1.99" (50.54mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1930 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2018 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1938 11-Month |
40.26" (1,022.60mm) | 39.59" (1,005.59mm) |
0.67" (17.01mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1930 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1938 12-Month |
42.98" (1,091.69mm) | 42.94" (1,090.68mm) |
0.04" (1.01mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 1930 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 1937–Dec 1938 18-Month |
69.67" (1,769.62mm) | 64.55" (1,639.57mm) |
5.12" (130.05mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1930 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan 1937–Dec 1938 24-Month |
96.45" (2,449.83mm) | 85.88" (2,181.35mm) |
10.57" (268.48mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1931 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2004 | ||||
|
Jan 1936–Dec 1938 36-Month |
141.23" (3,587.24mm) | 128.83" (3,272.28mm) |
12.40" (314.96mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1965 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 1935–Dec 1938 48-Month |
188.58" (4,789.93mm) | 171.77" (4,362.96mm) |
16.81" (426.97mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1966 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 1934–Dec 1938 60-Month |
234.10" (5,946.14mm) | 214.74" (5,454.40mm) |
19.36" (491.74mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1967 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 4, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/