Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 1952
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1952 1-Month |
2.45" (62.23mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
0.10" (2.54mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1930 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 2010 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1952 2-Month |
4.60" (116.84mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1976 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1974, 1997 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1952 3-Month |
5.14" (130.56mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
-1.60" (-40.64mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1917 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1952 4-Month |
6.67" (169.42mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
-2.56" (-65.02mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1939 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1952 5-Month |
9.29" (235.97mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
-2.56" (-65.02mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1917 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1952 6-Month |
11.68" (296.67mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
-2.94" (-74.68mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1917 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1952 7-Month |
13.88" (352.55mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
-3.67" (-93.22mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1952 8-Month |
16.57" (420.88mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
-3.89" (-98.80mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1917 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1952 9-Month |
18.97" (481.84mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
-4.01" (-101.85mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1956 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1952 10-Month |
21.90" (556.26mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
-3.59" (-91.19mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1956 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1952 11-Month |
23.90" (607.06mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
-3.72" (-94.49mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1910 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1952 12-Month |
26.34" (669.04mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-3.60" (-91.44mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1910 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jul 1951–Dec 1952 18-Month |
42.22" (1,072.39mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
-2.36" (-59.94mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1954 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1951–Dec 1952 24-Month |
57.59" (1,462.79mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
-2.31" (-58.67mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1931 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1950–Dec 1952 36-Month |
88.46" (2,246.88mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-1.40" (-35.56mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1956 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1949–Dec 1952 48-Month |
118.76" (3,016.50mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-1.02" (-25.91mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1956 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1948–Dec 1952 60-Month |
149.45" (3,796.03mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
-0.23" (-5.84mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1956 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/