Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 1900
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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December 1900 1-Month |
1.66" (42.16mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
-0.69" (-17.53mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1930 |
116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1899 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1917, 1925 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1900 2-Month |
4.03" (102.36mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
-0.55" (-13.97mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1976 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1899 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1950 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1900 3-Month |
6.78" (172.21mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
0.04" (1.01mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1917 |
66th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1900 4-Month |
9.71" (246.63mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
0.48" (12.19mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1939 |
43rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
Aug–Dec 1900 5-Month |
12.13" (308.10mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
0.28" (7.11mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1917 |
57th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
Jul–Dec 1900 6-Month |
15.20" (386.08mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
0.58" (14.73mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1917 |
48th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1979 | ||||||
Jun–Dec 1900 7-Month |
18.23" (463.04mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
0.68" (17.27mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1917 |
52nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 2002, 2003 | ||||||
May–Dec 1900 8-Month |
20.68" (525.27mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
0.22" (5.59mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1917 |
62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 2015 | ||||
Apr–Dec 1900 9-Month |
24.09" (611.89mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
1.11" (28.20mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1956 |
41st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Mar–Dec 1900 10-Month |
26.37" (669.80mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
0.88" (22.35mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1956 |
52nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1907 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1900 11-Month |
28.89" (733.81mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
1.27" (32.26mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1910 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
Jan–Dec 1900 12-Month |
30.63" (778.00mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
0.69" (17.52mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1910 |
47th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1973 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 1969 | ||||||
Jul 1899–Dec 1900 18-Month |
44.14" (1,121.16mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
-0.44" (-11.17mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1954 |
80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1913 | ||||||
Jan 1899–Dec 1900 24-Month |
59.34" (1,507.24mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
-0.56" (-14.22mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1931 |
79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1976 | ||||||
Jan 1898–Dec 1900 36-Month |
88.91" (2,258.31mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-0.95" (-24.13mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1956 |
77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1897–Dec 1900 48-Month |
118.61" (3,012.69mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-1.17" (-29.72mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1956 |
77th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1896–Dec 1900 60-Month |
148.38" (3,768.85mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
-1.30" (-33.02mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1956 |
71st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/