Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Wisconsin
Precipitation Rankings, August 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1979 1-Month |
5.14" (130.56mm) | 3.78" (96.01mm) |
1.36" (34.55mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1980 | ||||
| Ties: 1936 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1979 2-Month |
8.56" (217.42mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
0.98" (24.89mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1930 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1900 | ||||
| Ties: 2017 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 1979 3-Month |
12.91" (327.91mm) | 11.75" (298.45mm) |
1.16" (29.46mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1910 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2010 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1979 4-Month |
16.62" (422.15mm) | 15.29" (388.37mm) |
1.33" (33.78mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1976 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2010 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1979 5-Month |
18.53" (470.66mm) | 17.92" (455.17mm) |
0.61" (15.49mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1988 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1979 6-Month |
22.05" (560.07mm) | 19.72" (500.89mm) |
2.33" (59.18mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1910 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 1942 | ||||||
|
Feb–Aug 1979 7-Month |
23.33" (592.58mm) | 20.75" (527.05mm) |
2.58" (65.53mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1910 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1938 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1979 8-Month |
24.87" (631.70mm) | 21.89" (556.01mm) |
2.98" (75.69mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1910 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2017 | ||||
|
Dec 1978–Aug 1979 9-Month |
26.21" (665.73mm) | 23.16" (588.26mm) |
3.05" (77.47mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2017 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Aug 1979 10-Month |
28.48" (723.39mm) | 25.14" (638.56mm) |
3.34" (84.83mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1978–Aug 1979 11-Month |
29.92" (759.97mm) | 27.58" (700.53mm) |
2.34" (59.44mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–Aug 1979 12-Month |
35.01" (889.25mm) | 31.35" (796.29mm) |
3.66" (92.96mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1978–Aug 1979 18-Month |
58.96" (1,497.58mm) | 51.04" (1,296.42mm) |
7.92" (201.16mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 1977–Aug 1979 24-Month |
71.52" (1,816.61mm) | 62.69" (1,592.33mm) |
8.83" (224.28mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1976–Aug 1979 36-Month |
99.05" (2,515.87mm) | 94.00" (2,387.60mm) |
5.05" (128.27mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1958 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1975–Aug 1979 48-Month |
126.08" (3,202.43mm) | 125.25" (3,181.35mm) |
0.83" (21.08mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1934 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1974–Aug 1979 60-Month |
156.84" (3,983.74mm) | 156.50" (3,975.10mm) |
0.34" (8.64mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1934 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/