Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, January 1978
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1978 1-Month |
6.94" (176.28mm) | 3.35" (85.09mm) |
3.59" (91.19mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1981 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1937 | ||||
|
Dec 1977–Jan 1978 2-Month |
10.76" (273.30mm) | 6.57" (166.88mm) |
4.19" (106.42mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1981 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1937 | ||||
|
Nov 1977–Jan 1978 3-Month |
16.14" (409.96mm) | 9.44" (239.78mm) |
6.70" (170.18mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1981 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2010 | ||||
|
Oct 1977–Jan 1978 4-Month |
21.92" (556.77mm) | 12.59" (319.79mm) |
9.33" (236.98mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 2001 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1978 | ||||
|
Sep 1977–Jan 1978 5-Month |
24.95" (633.73mm) | 16.12" (409.45mm) |
8.83" (224.28mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1934 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1977–Jan 1978 6-Month |
28.93" (734.82mm) | 20.45" (519.43mm) |
8.48" (215.39mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1977–Jan 1978 7-Month |
31.54" (801.12mm) | 24.96" (633.98mm) |
6.58" (167.14mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1977–Jan 1978 8-Month |
34.47" (875.54mm) | 28.93" (734.82mm) |
5.54" (140.72mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1977–Jan 1978 9-Month |
37.05" (941.07mm) | 32.76" (832.10mm) |
4.29" (108.97mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1977–Jan 1978 10-Month |
40.41" (1,026.41mm) | 36.11" (917.19mm) |
4.30" (109.22mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1977–Jan 1978 11-Month |
43.58" (1,106.93mm) | 39.89" (1,013.21mm) |
3.69" (93.72mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 1977–Jan 1978 12-Month |
44.73" (1,136.14mm) | 42.94" (1,090.68mm) |
1.79" (45.46mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1976–Jan 1978 18-Month |
66.68" (1,693.67mm) | 63.32" (1,608.33mm) |
3.36" (85.34mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2004 | ||||
|
Feb 1976–Jan 1978 24-Month |
83.97" (2,132.84mm) | 85.91" (2,182.11mm) |
-1.94" (-49.27mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1932 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2005 | ||||
| Ties: 1922 | ||||||
|
Feb 1975–Jan 1978 36-Month |
135.95" (3,453.13mm) | 128.89" (3,273.81mm) |
7.06" (179.32mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1966 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2021 | ||||
|
Feb 1974–Jan 1978 48-Month |
178.16" (4,525.26mm) | 171.87" (4,365.50mm) |
6.29" (159.76mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1934 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2022 | ||||
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Feb 1973–Jan 1978 60-Month |
225.61" (5,730.49mm) | 214.74" (5,454.40mm) |
10.87" (276.09mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1969 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2021 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/