Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 1969
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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December 1969 1-Month |
2.94" (74.68mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
0.59" (14.99mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1930 |
18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 2015 | ||||
Nov–Dec 1969 2-Month |
4.53" (115.06mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1976 |
72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1941 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1969 3-Month |
7.23" (183.64mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
0.49" (12.44mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1917 |
45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2015 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1969 4-Month |
9.53" (242.06mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1939 |
54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2018 | ||||
Aug–Dec 1969 5-Month |
11.84" (300.74mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
-0.01" (-0.25mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1917 |
68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2018 | ||||
Jul–Dec 1969 6-Month |
14.93" (379.22mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
0.31" (7.87mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1917 |
61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2018 | ||||
Jun–Dec 1969 7-Month |
18.24" (463.30mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
0.69" (17.53mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1917 |
51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2018 | ||||
May–Dec 1969 8-Month |
20.90" (530.86mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
0.44" (11.18mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1917 |
57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2015 | ||||
Apr–Dec 1969 9-Month |
23.50" (596.90mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1956 |
59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2015 | ||||
Mar–Dec 1969 10-Month |
25.39" (644.91mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
-0.10" (-2.54mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1956 |
73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2015 | ||||
Feb–Dec 1969 11-Month |
27.62" (701.55mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
0.00" (0.00mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1910 |
69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 2020 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1969 12-Month |
30.63" (778.00mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
0.69" (17.52mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1910 |
47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1973 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1902 | ||||||
Jul 1968–Dec 1969 18-Month |
46.30" (1,176.02mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
1.72" (43.69mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1954 |
38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1968–Dec 1969 24-Month |
61.02" (1,549.91mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
1.12" (28.45mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1931 |
48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1980 | ||||||
Jan 1967–Dec 1969 36-Month |
90.62" (2,301.75mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
0.76" (19.31mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1956 |
55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1966–Dec 1969 48-Month |
118.08" (2,999.23mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-1.70" (-43.18mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1956 |
79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1965–Dec 1969 60-Month |
147.88" (3,756.15mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
-1.80" (-45.72mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1956 |
78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 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/