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 2018
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 2018 1-Month |
5.36" (136.14mm) | 3.22" (81.79mm) |
2.14" (54.35mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2009 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2018 2-Month |
11.44" (290.58mm) | 6.06" (153.92mm) |
5.38" (136.66mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2009 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 2018 3-Month |
16.52" (419.61mm) | 9.18" (233.17mm) |
7.34" (186.44mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2018 4-Month |
24.48" (621.79mm) | 12.73" (323.34mm) |
11.75" (298.45mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 2001 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 2018 5-Month |
30.29" (769.37mm) | 17.08" (433.83mm) |
13.21" (335.54mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2018 6-Month |
35.68" (906.27mm) | 21.61" (548.89mm) |
14.07" (357.38mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 2018 7-Month |
41.64" (1,057.66mm) | 25.59" (649.99mm) |
16.05" (407.67mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2018 8-Month |
48.91" (1,242.31mm) | 29.42" (747.27mm) |
19.49" (495.04mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2018 9-Month |
53.34" (1,354.84mm) | 32.79" (832.87mm) |
20.55" (521.97mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2018 10-Month |
56.51" (1,435.35mm) | 36.57" (928.88mm) |
19.94" (506.47mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2018 11-Month |
60.86" (1,545.84mm) | 39.59" (1,005.59mm) |
21.27" (540.25mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2018 12-Month |
63.53" (1,613.66mm) | 42.94" (1,090.68mm) |
20.59" (522.98mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 2017–Dec 2018 18-Month |
81.32" (2,065.53mm) | 64.55" (1,639.57mm) |
16.77" (425.96mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan 2017–Dec 2018 24-Month |
105.09" (2,669.29mm) | 85.88" (2,181.35mm) |
19.21" (487.94mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1931 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2004 | ||||
|
Jan 2016–Dec 2018 36-Month |
150.50" (3,822.70mm) | 128.83" (3,272.28mm) |
21.67" (550.42mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 2015–Dec 2018 48-Month |
200.26" (5,086.60mm) | 171.77" (4,362.96mm) |
28.49" (723.64mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 2014–Dec 2018 60-Month |
244.01" (6,197.85mm) | 214.74" (5,454.40mm) |
29.27" (743.45mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1967 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/