Statewide Rankings
Alaska
Precipitation Rankings, August 1978
Period | Value | 1925-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1925-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
August 1978 1-Month |
2.79" (70.87mm) | 4.37" (111.00mm) |
-1.58" (-40.13mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: |
1941 |
93rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Jul– 2-Month |
5.57" (141.48mm) | 7.66" (194.56mm) |
-2.09" (-53.08mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
93rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2022 | ||||
Jun– 3-Month |
8.75" (222.25mm) | 10.00" (254.00mm) |
-1.25" (-31.75mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
83rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2014 | ||||
May– 4-Month |
10.69" (271.53mm) | 12.11" (307.59mm) |
-1.42" (-36.06mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
84th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Apr– 5-Month |
12.18" (309.37mm) | 14.00" (355.60mm) |
-1.82" (-46.23mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
87th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Mar– 6-Month |
13.57" (344.68mm) | 16.23" (412.24mm) |
-2.66" (-67.56mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
93rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Ties: 1972 | ||||||
Feb– 7-Month |
15.76" (400.30mm) | 18.55" (471.17mm) |
-2.79" (-70.87mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
91st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1963 | ||||
Jan– 8-Month |
17.37" (441.20mm) | 21.28" (540.51mm) |
-3.91" (-99.31mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: |
1969 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1963 | ||||
Ties: 1950 | ||||||
Dec 1977– 9-Month |
19.35" (491.49mm) | 24.38" (619.25mm) |
-5.03" (-127.76mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: |
1969 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1944 | ||||
Nov 1977– 10-Month |
21.42" (544.07mm) | 27.76" (705.10mm) |
-6.34" (-161.03mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: |
1969 |
95th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1944 | ||||
Oct 1977– 11-Month |
25.75" (654.05mm) | 32.15" (816.61mm) |
-6.40" (-162.56mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: |
1969 |
95th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1944 | ||||
Sep 1977– 12-Month |
31.45" (798.83mm) | 36.70" (932.18mm) |
-5.25" (-133.35mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: |
1969 |
93rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1944 | ||||
Mar 1977– 18-Month |
46.29" (1,175.77mm) | 52.92" (1,344.17mm) |
-6.63" (-168.40mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: |
1969 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1944 | ||||
Sep 1976– 24-Month |
69.95" (1,776.73mm) | 73.26" (1,860.80mm) |
-3.31" (-84.07mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: |
1969 |
76th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1930 | ||||
Sep 1975– 36-Month |
102.49" (2,603.25mm) | 109.83" (2,789.68mm) |
-7.34" (-186.43mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: |
1974 |
86th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1931 | ||||
Sep 1974– 48-Month |
139.08" (3,532.63mm) | 146.33" (3,716.78mm) |
-7.25" (-184.15mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: |
1972 |
77th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1932 | ||||
Sep 1973– 60-Month |
166.78" (4,236.21mm) | 182.81" (4,643.37mm) |
-16.03" (-407.16mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
89th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1932 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on February 4, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/rankings