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 1957
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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December 1957 1-Month |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1930 |
65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2021 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1957 2-Month |
5.52" (140.21mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
0.94" (23.88mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1976 |
19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2015 | ||||
Oct–Dec 1957 3-Month |
8.28" (210.31mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
1.54" (39.11mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1917 |
12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2015 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1957 4-Month |
11.14" (282.96mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
1.91" (48.52mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1939 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2018 | ||||
Aug–Dec 1957 5-Month |
13.33" (338.58mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1917 |
19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1984 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1957 6-Month |
15.61" (396.49mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
0.99" (25.14mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1917 |
38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2018 | ||||
Jun–Dec 1957 7-Month |
19.26" (489.20mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
1.71" (43.43mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1917 |
21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2018 | ||||
May–Dec 1957 8-Month |
23.50" (596.90mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
3.04" (77.22mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1917 |
9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2015 | ||||
Apr–Dec 1957 9-Month |
27.15" (689.61mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
4.17" (105.92mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Mar–Dec 1957 10-Month |
29.66" (753.36mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
4.17" (105.91mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
Feb–Dec 1957 11-Month |
31.74" (806.20mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
4.12" (104.65mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1910 |
6th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
Jan–Dec 1957 12-Month |
33.87" (860.30mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
3.93" (99.82mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1910 |
7th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1973 | ||||
Jul 1956–Dec 1957 18-Month |
45.66" (1,159.76mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
1.08" (27.43mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1954 |
49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1956–Dec 1957 24-Month |
59.25" (1,504.95mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
-0.65" (-16.51mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1931 |
81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1955–Dec 1957 36-Month |
86.99" (2,209.55mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-2.87" (-72.89mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1954–Dec 1957 48-Month |
113.14" (2,873.76mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-6.64" (-168.65mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1953–Dec 1957 60-Month |
141.45" (3,592.83mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
-8.23" (-209.04mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 16, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/