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 1918
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1918 1-Month |
2.66" (67.56mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
0.31" (7.87mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1930 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1911 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1933 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1918 2-Month |
4.98" (126.49mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
0.40" (10.16mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1976 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1911 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1918 3-Month |
7.90" (200.66mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
1.16" (29.46mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1918 4-Month |
10.34" (262.64mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
1.11" (28.20mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1939 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1906 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1918 5-Month |
12.81" (325.37mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
0.96" (24.38mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1911 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1918 6-Month |
15.14" (384.56mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1970 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1918 7-Month |
17.39" (441.71mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
-0.16" (-4.06mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1918 8-Month |
19.98" (507.49mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
-0.48" (-12.19mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1918 9-Month |
22.80" (579.12mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
-0.18" (-4.57mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1956 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1918 10-Month |
24.65" (626.11mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
-0.84" (-21.34mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1956 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1918 11-Month |
26.37" (669.80mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
-1.25" (-31.75mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1910 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1918 12-Month |
28.78" (731.01mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-1.16" (-29.47mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1910 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1921 | ||||||
|
Jul 1917–Dec 1918 18-Month |
39.89" (1,013.21mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
-4.69" (-119.12mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1954 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1917–Dec 1918 24-Month |
54.13" (1,374.90mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
-5.77" (-146.56mm) | 6th Driest | Driest to Date | 1931 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1916–Dec 1918 36-Month |
83.55" (2,122.17mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-6.31" (-160.27mm) | 8th Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1915–Dec 1918 48-Month |
116.32" (2,954.53mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-3.46" (-87.88mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1913 | 1956 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1914–Dec 1918 60-Month |
145.13" (3,686.30mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
-4.55" (-115.57mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1956 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/