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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 1959
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1959 1-Month |
2.22" (56.39mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
-0.13" (-3.30mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1930 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1949, 1970 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1959 2-Month |
3.94" (100.08mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
-0.64" (-16.25mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1976 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1959 3-Month |
7.44" (188.98mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
0.70" (17.78mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1917 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1959 4-Month |
10.26" (260.60mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
1.03" (26.16mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1939 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1927 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1959 5-Month |
13.02" (330.71mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
1.17" (29.72mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1917 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1920 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1959 6-Month |
15.96" (405.38mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
1.34" (34.03mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1917 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1959 7-Month |
18.58" (471.93mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
1.03" (26.16mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1917 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1959 8-Month |
21.78" (553.21mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
1.32" (33.53mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1917 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1959 9-Month |
23.92" (607.57mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
0.94" (23.88mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1956 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1907 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1959 10-Month |
26.06" (661.92mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
0.57" (14.47mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1956 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1959 11-Month |
28.41" (721.61mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
0.79" (20.06mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1910 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1959 12-Month |
30.60" (777.24mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
0.66" (16.76mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1910 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jul 1958–Dec 1959 18-Month |
44.74" (1,136.40mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
0.16" (4.07mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1954 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1958–Dec 1959 24-Month |
60.83" (1,545.08mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
0.93" (23.62mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1931 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1957–Dec 1959 36-Month |
94.70" (2,405.38mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
4.84" (122.94mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1956 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1956–Dec 1959 48-Month |
120.08" (3,050.03mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1956 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1955–Dec 1959 60-Month |
147.82" (3,754.63mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
-1.86" (-47.24mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1956 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/