Climate at a Glance
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Texas, Climate Division 10. Lower Valley
Precipitation Rankings, December 1978
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1978 1-Month |
1.94" (49.28mm) | 1.33" (33.78mm) |
0.61" (15.50mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1950 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1937 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1978 2-Month |
2.52" (64.01mm) | 2.74" (69.60mm) |
-0.22" (-5.59mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 2010 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2013 | ||||
| Ties: 1916 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1978 3-Month |
5.78" (146.81mm) | 5.28" (134.11mm) |
0.50" (12.70mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 2010 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1958 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1978 4-Month |
12.31" (312.67mm) | 9.62" (244.35mm) |
2.69" (68.32mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1917 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1967 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1978 5-Month |
14.97" (380.24mm) | 11.82" (300.23mm) |
3.15" (80.01mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1917 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1967 | ||||
| Ties: 1932 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1978 6-Month |
16.18" (410.97mm) | 13.47" (342.14mm) |
2.71" (68.83mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1950 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1967 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1978 7-Month |
18.51" (470.15mm) | 16.14" (409.96mm) |
2.37" (60.19mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1898 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1967 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1978 8-Month |
18.83" (478.28mm) | 18.83" (478.28mm) |
0.00" (0.00mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1898 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1967 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1978 9-Month |
20.00" (508.00mm) | 20.35" (516.89mm) |
-0.35" (-8.89mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1898 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1967 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1978 10-Month |
20.02" (508.51mm) | 21.37" (542.80mm) |
-1.35" (-34.29mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1898 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1967 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1978 11-Month |
20.88" (530.35mm) | 22.56" (573.02mm) |
-1.68" (-42.67mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1898 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1967 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1978 12-Month |
23.97" (608.84mm) | 23.82" (605.03mm) |
0.15" (3.81mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1898 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1967 | ||||
|
Jul 1977–Dec 1978 18-Month |
33.86" (860.04mm) | 37.29" (947.17mm) |
-3.43" (-87.13mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1898 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1968 | ||||
|
Jan 1977–Dec 1978 24-Month |
46.06" (1,169.92mm) | 47.63" (1,209.80mm) |
-1.57" (-39.88mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1898 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1967 | ||||
|
Jan 1976–Dec 1978 36-Month |
82.22" (2,088.39mm) | 71.38" (1,813.05mm) |
10.84" (275.34mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1899 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1968 | ||||
|
Jan 1975–Dec 1978 48-Month |
112.58" (2,859.53mm) | 94.95" (2,411.73mm) |
17.63" (447.80mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1900 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1976 | ||||
|
Jan 1974–Dec 1978 60-Month |
136.53" (3,467.86mm) | 118.33" (3,005.58mm) |
18.20" (462.28mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1901 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1976 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 8, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/