Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, December 2003
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 2003 1-Month |
4.17" (105.92mm) | 3.22" (81.79mm) |
0.95" (24.13mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1965 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1978 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 2003 2-Month |
8.52" (216.41mm) | 6.06" (153.92mm) |
2.46" (62.49mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1965 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1986 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 2003 3-Month |
11.18" (283.97mm) | 9.18" (233.17mm) |
2.00" (50.80mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1965 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2003 4-Month |
19.33" (490.98mm) | 12.73" (323.34mm) |
6.60" (167.64mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 2001 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1979 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 2003 5-Month |
24.62" (625.35mm) | 17.08" (433.83mm) |
7.54" (191.52mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1930 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1942 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 2003 6-Month |
30.77" (781.56mm) | 21.61" (548.89mm) |
9.16" (232.67mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1930 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 2003 7-Month |
37.26" (946.40mm) | 25.59" (649.99mm) |
11.67" (296.41mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1930 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2003 8-Month |
44.48" (1,129.79mm) | 29.42" (747.27mm) |
15.06" (382.52mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2003 9-Month |
49.27" (1,251.46mm) | 32.79" (832.87mm) |
16.48" (418.59mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1930 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2003 10-Month |
53.60" (1,361.44mm) | 36.57" (928.88mm) |
17.03" (432.56mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2003 11-Month |
59.70" (1,516.38mm) | 39.59" (1,005.59mm) |
20.11" (510.79mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2003 12-Month |
61.89" (1,572.01mm) | 42.94" (1,090.68mm) |
18.95" (481.33mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 2002–Dec 2003 18-Month |
86.97" (2,209.04mm) | 64.55" (1,639.57mm) |
22.42" (569.47mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan 2002–Dec 2003 24-Month |
104.51" (2,654.55mm) | 85.88" (2,181.35mm) |
18.63" (473.20mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1931 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2004 | ||||
|
Jan 2001–Dec 2003 36-Month |
139.39" (3,540.51mm) | 128.83" (3,272.28mm) |
10.56" (268.23mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1965 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 2000–Dec 2003 48-Month |
179.72" (4,564.89mm) | 171.77" (4,362.96mm) |
7.95" (201.93mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1966 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 1999–Dec 2003 60-Month |
222.44" (5,649.98mm) | 214.74" (5,454.40mm) |
7.70" (195.58mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1967 |
| 36th 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 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/