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, June 1956
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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June 1956 1-Month |
2.21" (56.13mm) | 2.93" (74.42mm) |
-0.72" (-18.29mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1933 |
121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1928 | ||||
May–Jun 1956 2-Month |
4.81" (122.17mm) | 5.84" (148.34mm) |
-1.03" (-26.17mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1988 |
119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
Apr–Jun 1956 3-Month |
6.88" (174.75mm) | 8.35" (212.09mm) |
-1.47" (-37.34mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1988 |
123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1957 | ||||
Ties: 1926 | ||||||
Mar–Jun 1956 4-Month |
8.70" (220.98mm) | 10.86" (275.84mm) |
-2.16" (-54.86mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1988 |
121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1957 | ||||
Feb–Jun 1956 5-Month |
11.32" (287.53mm) | 13.00" (330.20mm) |
-1.68" (-42.67mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1988 |
113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
Jan–Jun 1956 6-Month |
13.59" (345.19mm) | 15.31" (388.87mm) |
-1.72" (-43.68mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1988 |
115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1955–Jun 1956 7-Month |
15.83" (402.08mm) | 17.66" (448.56mm) |
-1.83" (-46.48mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1931 |
111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2019 | ||||
Nov 1955–Jun 1956 8-Month |
17.75" (450.85mm) | 19.89" (505.21mm) |
-2.14" (-54.36mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1934 |
114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2019 | ||||
Oct 1955–Jun 1956 9-Month |
19.79" (502.67mm) | 22.05" (560.07mm) |
-2.26" (-57.40mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1934 |
111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2019 | ||||
Sep 1955–Jun 1956 10-Month |
21.90" (556.26mm) | 24.55" (623.57mm) |
-2.65" (-67.31mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1934 |
114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1955–Jun 1956 11-Month |
24.64" (625.86mm) | 27.17" (690.12mm) |
-2.53" (-64.26mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1918 |
112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 1955–Jun 1956 12-Month |
27.56" (700.02mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-2.40" (-60.96mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1931 |
109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1955–Jun 1956 18-Month |
41.33" (1,049.78mm) | 45.27" (1,149.86mm) |
-3.94" (-100.08mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1931 |
116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 1954–Jun 1956 24-Month |
53.70" (1,363.98mm) | 59.93" (1,522.22mm) |
-6.23" (-158.24mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1931 |
120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2020 | ||||
Jul 1953–Jun 1956 36-Month |
79.72" (2,024.89mm) | 89.89" (2,283.21mm) |
-10.17" (-258.32mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 1952–Jun 1956 48-Month |
107.47" (2,729.74mm) | 119.79" (3,042.67mm) |
-12.32" (-312.93mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 1951–Jun 1956 60-Month |
138.01" (3,505.45mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
-11.65" (-295.91mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1934 |
120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 21, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/