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, November 1956
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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November 1956 1-Month |
1.36" (34.54mm) | 2.23" (56.64mm) |
-0.87" (-22.10mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1917 |
118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1983 | ||||
Oct–Nov 1956 2-Month |
3.36" (85.34mm) | 4.40" (111.76mm) |
-1.04" (-26.42mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1917 |
115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1985 | ||||
Sep–Nov 1956 3-Month |
4.80" (121.92mm) | 6.88" (174.75mm) |
-2.08" (-52.83mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1939 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1985 | ||||
Ties: 1953 | ||||||
Aug–Nov 1956 4-Month |
7.01" (178.05mm) | 9.50" (241.30mm) |
-2.49" (-63.25mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1952 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
Jul–Nov 1956 5-Month |
9.79" (248.67mm) | 12.28" (311.91mm) |
-2.49" (-63.24mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1952 |
123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
Jun–Nov 1956 6-Month |
12.00" (304.80mm) | 15.20" (386.08mm) |
-3.20" (-81.28mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1952 |
125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2004 | ||||
May–Nov 1956 7-Month |
14.60" (370.84mm) | 18.12" (460.25mm) |
-3.52" (-89.41mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1952 |
125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2004 | ||||
Apr–Nov 1956 8-Month |
16.67" (423.42mm) | 20.63" (524.00mm) |
-3.96" (-100.58mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1952 |
126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
Mar–Nov 1956 9-Month |
18.49" (469.65mm) | 23.14" (587.76mm) |
-4.65" (-118.11mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1973 | ||||
Feb–Nov 1956 10-Month |
21.11" (536.19mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
-4.17" (-105.92mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1910 | 1910 |
126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
Jan–Nov 1956 11-Month |
23.38" (593.85mm) | 27.59" (700.79mm) |
-4.21" (-106.94mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1910 | 1910 |
126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1955–Nov 1956 12-Month |
25.62" (650.75mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-4.32" (-109.73mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1931 |
125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1955–Nov 1956 18-Month |
39.82" (1,011.43mm) | 45.16" (1,147.06mm) |
-5.34" (-135.63mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1931 |
121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1954–Nov 1956 24-Month |
53.12" (1,349.25mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
-6.78" (-172.21mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1931 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1953–Nov 1956 36-Month |
79.77" (2,026.16mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-10.09" (-256.28mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1952–Nov 1956 48-Month |
108.03" (2,743.96mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-11.75" (-298.45mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1951–Nov 1956 60-Month |
135.04" (3,430.02mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
-14.62" (-371.34mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 23, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/