Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Alaska
Precipitation Rankings, August 1971
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| Period | Value | 1925-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1925-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1971 1-Month |
4.62" (117.35mm) | 4.37" (111.00mm) |
0.25" (6.35mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1941 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1946 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1971 2-Month |
8.03" (203.96mm) | 7.66" (194.56mm) |
0.37" (9.40mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1977 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1971 3-Month |
10.04" (255.02mm) | 10.00" (254.00mm) |
0.04" (1.02mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1957 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2014 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1971 4-Month |
12.60" (320.04mm) | 12.11" (307.59mm) |
0.49" (12.45mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1957 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1998 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1971 5-Month |
14.50" (368.30mm) | 14.00" (355.60mm) |
0.50" (12.70mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1957 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 2000, 2001 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1971 6-Month |
16.16" (410.46mm) | 16.23" (412.24mm) |
-0.07" (-1.78mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1957 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1998 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1971 7-Month |
18.86" (479.04mm) | 18.55" (471.17mm) |
0.31" (7.87mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1957 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1963 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1971 8-Month |
20.75" (527.05mm) | 21.28" (540.51mm) |
-0.53" (-13.46mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1969 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1963 | ||||
|
Dec 1970–Aug 1971 9-Month |
24.02" (610.11mm) | 24.38" (619.25mm) |
-0.36" (-9.14mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1969 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1944 | ||||
|
Nov 1970–Aug 1971 10-Month |
27.19" (690.63mm) | 27.76" (705.10mm) |
-0.57" (-14.47mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1969 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1944 | ||||
|
Oct 1970–Aug 1971 11-Month |
31.66" (804.16mm) | 32.15" (816.61mm) |
-0.49" (-12.45mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1969 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1944 | ||||
|
Sep 1970–Aug 1971 12-Month |
35.39" (898.91mm) | 36.70" (932.18mm) |
-1.31" (-33.27mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1969 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1944 | ||||
|
Mar 1970–Aug 1971 18-Month |
52.85" (1,342.39mm) | 52.92" (1,344.17mm) |
-0.07" (-1.78mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1969 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1944 | ||||
|
Sep 1969–Aug 1971 24-Month |
70.51" (1,790.95mm) | 73.26" (1,860.80mm) |
-2.75" (-69.85mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1969 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1930 | ||||
|
Sep 1968–Aug 1971 36-Month |
97.55" (2,477.77mm) | 109.83" (2,789.68mm) |
-12.28" (-311.91mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1974 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1931 | ||||
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Sep 1967–Aug 1971 48-Month |
131.76" (3,346.70mm) | 146.33" (3,716.78mm) |
-14.57" (-370.08mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1972 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1932 | ||||
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Sep 1966–Aug 1971 60-Month |
169.30" (4,300.22mm) | 182.81" (4,643.37mm) |
-13.51" (-343.15mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1976 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1932 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/