Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Alaska
Precipitation Rankings, October 1970
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| Period | Value | 1925-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1925-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1970 1-Month |
4.47" (113.54mm) | 4.39" (111.51mm) |
0.08" (2.03mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 2016 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1936 | ||||
| Ties: 1941 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 1970 2-Month |
8.20" (208.28mm) | 8.96" (227.58mm) |
-0.76" (-19.30mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1984 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1966 | 1925 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1970 3-Month |
12.53" (318.26mm) | 13.33" (338.58mm) |
-0.80" (-20.32mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1941 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1945 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1970 4-Month |
16.16" (410.46mm) | 16.62" (422.15mm) |
-0.46" (-11.69mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1968 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1961 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1970 5-Month |
18.81" (477.77mm) | 18.96" (481.58mm) |
-0.15" (-3.81mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1968 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1961 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1970 6-Month |
20.61" (523.49mm) | 21.07" (535.18mm) |
-0.46" (-11.69mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1968 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1961 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1970 7-Month |
23.00" (584.20mm) | 22.95" (582.93mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1969 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1961 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1970 8-Month |
25.66" (651.76mm) | 25.19" (639.83mm) |
0.47" (11.93mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1957 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1961 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1970 9-Month |
28.21" (716.53mm) | 27.51" (698.75mm) |
0.70" (17.78mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1969 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1929 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1970 10-Month |
29.82" (757.43mm) | 30.24" (768.10mm) |
-0.42" (-10.67mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1969 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1929 | ||||
| Ties: 2020 | ||||||
|
Dec 1969–Oct 1970 11-Month |
33.22" (843.79mm) | 33.28" (845.31mm) |
-0.06" (-1.52mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1969 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1929 | ||||
|
Nov 1969–Oct 1970 12-Month |
37.13" (943.10mm) | 36.66" (931.16mm) |
0.47" (11.94mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1969 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1929 | ||||
|
May 1969–Oct 1970 18-Month |
53.73" (1,364.74mm) | 57.70" (1,465.58mm) |
-3.97" (-100.84mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1969 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1929 | ||||
|
Nov 1968–Oct 1970 24-Month |
63.72" (1,618.49mm) | 73.23" (1,860.04mm) |
-9.51" (-241.55mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1969 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1929 | ||||
|
Nov 1967–Oct 1970 36-Month |
96.73" (2,456.94mm) | 109.80" (2,788.92mm) |
-13.07" (-331.98mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1974 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1931 | ||||
|
Nov 1966–Oct 1970 48-Month |
133.35" (3,387.09mm) | 146.28" (3,715.51mm) |
-12.93" (-328.42mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1969 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1932 | ||||
|
Nov 1965–Oct 1970 60-Month |
166.72" (4,234.69mm) | 182.71" (4,640.83mm) |
-15.99" (-406.14mm) | 4th Driest | Driest to Date | 1976 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1932 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 3, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/