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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, December 2002
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2002 1-Month |
4.10" (104.14mm) | 3.22" (81.79mm) |
0.88" (22.35mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1965 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2009 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2002 2-Month |
8.90" (226.06mm) | 6.06" (153.92mm) |
2.84" (72.14mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1965 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2009 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 2002 3-Month |
14.64" (371.86mm) | 9.18" (233.17mm) |
5.46" (138.69mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1965 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2002 4-Month |
18.13" (460.50mm) | 12.73" (323.34mm) |
5.40" (137.16mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 2001 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 2002 5-Month |
21.11" (536.19mm) | 17.08" (433.83mm) |
4.03" (102.36mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2002 6-Month |
25.08" (637.03mm) | 21.61" (548.89mm) |
3.47" (88.14mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 2002 7-Month |
27.62" (701.55mm) | 25.59" (649.99mm) |
2.03" (51.56mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1929 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 2002 8-Month |
31.14" (790.96mm) | 29.42" (747.27mm) |
1.72" (43.69mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2002 9-Month |
34.34" (872.24mm) | 32.79" (832.87mm) |
1.55" (39.37mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2002 10-Month |
38.73" (983.74mm) | 36.57" (928.88mm) |
2.16" (54.86mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2002 11-Month |
39.63" (1,006.60mm) | 39.59" (1,005.59mm) |
0.04" (1.01mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2002 12-Month |
42.62" (1,082.55mm) | 42.94" (1,090.68mm) |
-0.32" (-8.13mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 2001–Dec 2002 18-Month |
57.63" (1,463.80mm) | 64.55" (1,639.57mm) |
-6.92" (-175.77mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan 2001–Dec 2002 24-Month |
77.50" (1,968.50mm) | 85.88" (2,181.35mm) |
-8.38" (-212.85mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1931 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2004 | ||||
|
Jan 2000–Dec 2002 36-Month |
117.83" (2,992.88mm) | 128.83" (3,272.28mm) |
-11.00" (-279.40mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1965 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 1999–Dec 2002 48-Month |
160.55" (4,077.97mm) | 171.77" (4,362.96mm) |
-11.22" (-284.99mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1966 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 1998–Dec 2002 60-Month |
206.49" (5,244.85mm) | 214.74" (5,454.40mm) |
-8.25" (-209.55mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1967 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/