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 1920
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1920 1-Month |
2.75" (69.85mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
0.40" (10.16mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1930 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1911 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1920 2-Month |
5.01" (127.25mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1976 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1911 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1920 3-Month |
7.18" (182.37mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
0.44" (11.17mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1920 4-Month |
9.62" (244.35mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
0.39" (9.91mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1939 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1920 5-Month |
13.02" (330.71mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
1.17" (29.72mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1917 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1911 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1959 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1920 6-Month |
15.72" (399.29mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
1.10" (27.94mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1917 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1994 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 1920 7-Month |
18.61" (472.69mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
1.06" (26.92mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1917 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1920 8-Month |
21.40" (543.56mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
0.94" (23.88mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1917 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1920 9-Month |
24.70" (627.38mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
1.72" (43.69mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1956 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1920 10-Month |
27.48" (697.99mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
1.99" (50.54mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1956 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1906 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1920 11-Month |
29.09" (738.89mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
1.47" (37.34mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1910 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1920 12-Month |
31.30" (795.02mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
1.36" (34.54mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1910 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jul 1919–Dec 1920 18-Month |
47.22" (1,199.39mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
2.64" (67.06mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1954 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1907 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1919–Dec 1920 24-Month |
63.06" (1,601.72mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
3.16" (80.26mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1931 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1907 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1918–Dec 1920 36-Month |
91.84" (2,332.74mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
1.98" (50.30mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1956 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1909 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1921 | ||||||
|
Jan 1917–Dec 1920 48-Month |
117.19" (2,976.63mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-2.59" (-65.78mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1956 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1916–Dec 1920 60-Month |
146.61" (3,723.89mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
-3.07" (-77.98mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1956 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/