Statewide Rankings
Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, January 1973
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 1973 1-Month |
2.60" (66.04mm) | 3.35" (85.09mm) |
-0.75" (-19.05mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
88th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1937 | ||||
Dec 1972– 2-Month |
7.22" (183.39mm) | 6.57" (166.88mm) |
0.65" (16.51mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
43rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1937 | ||||
Nov 1972– 3-Month |
12.81" (325.37mm) | 9.44" (239.78mm) |
3.37" (85.59mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2010 | ||||
Oct 1972– 4-Month |
18.83" (478.28mm) | 12.59" (319.79mm) |
6.24" (158.49mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
2001 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1978 | ||||
Sep 1972– 5-Month |
22.95" (582.93mm) | 16.12" (409.45mm) |
6.83" (173.48mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: |
1934 |
7th Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2019 | ||||
Aug 1972– 6-Month |
25.44" (646.18mm) | 20.45" (519.43mm) |
4.99" (126.75mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jul 1972– 7-Month |
30.61" (777.49mm) | 24.96" (633.98mm) |
5.65" (143.51mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jun 1972– 8-Month |
38.90" (988.06mm) | 28.93" (734.82mm) |
9.97" (253.24mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
4th Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2019 | ||||
May 1972– 9-Month |
44.63" (1,133.60mm) | 32.76" (832.10mm) |
11.87" (301.50mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
4th Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2019 | ||||
Apr 1972– 10-Month |
48.37" (1,228.60mm) | 36.11" (917.19mm) |
12.26" (311.41mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
4th Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2019 | ||||
Mar 1972– 11-Month |
50.74" (1,288.80mm) | 39.89" (1,013.21mm) |
10.85" (275.59mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
6th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Feb 1972– 12-Month |
55.65" (1,413.51mm) | 42.94" (1,090.68mm) |
12.71" (322.83mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
4th Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2019 | ||||
Aug 1971– 18-Month |
78.63" (1,997.20mm) | 63.32" (1,608.33mm) |
15.31" (388.87mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
5th Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2004 | ||||
Feb 1971– 24-Month |
103.30" (2,623.82mm) | 85.91" (2,182.11mm) |
17.39" (441.71mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: |
1932 |
6th Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2005 | ||||
Feb 1970– 36-Month |
141.52" (3,594.61mm) | 128.89" (3,273.81mm) |
12.63" (320.80mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: |
1966 |
15th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2021 | ||||
Feb 1969– 48-Month |
182.68" (4,640.07mm) | 171.87" (4,365.50mm) |
10.81" (274.57mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: |
1934 |
22nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2022 | ||||
Feb 1968– 60-Month |
217.62" (5,527.55mm) | 214.74" (5,454.40mm) |
2.88" (73.15mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: |
1969 |
59th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2021 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on February 4, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/rankings