Climate at a Glance
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Texas, Climate Division 10. Lower Valley
Precipitation Rankings, December 1973
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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December 1973 1-Month |
0.53" (13.46mm) | 1.33" (33.78mm) |
-0.80" (-20.32mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1950 |
87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1937 | ||||
Nov–Dec 1973 2-Month |
1.81" (45.97mm) | 2.74" (69.60mm) |
-0.93" (-23.63mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 2010 |
85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2013 | ||||
Ties: 2004 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1973 3-Month |
6.14" (155.96mm) | 5.28" (134.11mm) |
0.86" (21.85mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 2010 |
36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1958 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1973 4-Month |
13.78" (350.01mm) | 9.62" (244.35mm) |
4.16" (105.66mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1967 | ||||
Aug–Dec 1973 5-Month |
19.41" (493.01mm) | 11.82" (300.23mm) |
7.59" (192.78mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1917 |
9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1967 | ||||
Jul–Dec 1973 6-Month |
20.19" (512.83mm) | 13.47" (342.14mm) |
6.72" (170.69mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1950 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1967 | ||||
Jun–Dec 1973 7-Month |
27.82" (706.63mm) | 16.14" (409.96mm) |
11.68" (296.67mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1898 |
4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1967 | ||||
May–Dec 1973 8-Month |
29.10" (739.14mm) | 18.83" (478.28mm) |
10.27" (260.86mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1898 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1967 | ||||
Apr–Dec 1973 9-Month |
29.92" (759.97mm) | 20.35" (516.89mm) |
9.57" (243.08mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1898 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1967 | ||||
Mar–Dec 1973 10-Month |
30.08" (764.03mm) | 21.37" (542.80mm) |
8.71" (221.23mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1898 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1967 | ||||
Feb–Dec 1973 11-Month |
34.92" (886.97mm) | 22.56" (573.02mm) |
12.36" (313.95mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1898 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1967 | ||||
Jan–Dec 1973 12-Month |
39.15" (994.41mm) | 23.82" (605.03mm) |
15.33" (389.38mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1898 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1967 | ||||
Jul 1972–Dec 1973 18-Month |
50.12" (1,273.05mm) | 37.29" (947.17mm) |
12.83" (325.88mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1898 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1968 | ||||
Jan 1972–Dec 1973 24-Month |
66.56" (1,690.62mm) | 47.63" (1,209.80mm) |
18.93" (480.82mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1898 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1967 | ||||
Jan 1971–Dec 1973 36-Month |
94.68" (2,404.87mm) | 71.38" (1,813.05mm) |
23.30" (591.82mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1899 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1968 | ||||
Jan 1970–Dec 1973 48-Month |
123.96" (3,148.58mm) | 94.95" (2,411.73mm) |
29.01" (736.85mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1900 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1976 | ||||
Jan 1969–Dec 1973 60-Month |
144.88" (3,679.95mm) | 118.33" (3,005.58mm) |
26.55" (674.37mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1901 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1976 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 22, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/