Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 1983
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1983 1-Month |
3.44" (87.38mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
1.09" (27.69mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1930 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1983 2-Month |
7.36" (186.94mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
2.78" (70.61mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1976 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1983 3-Month |
9.97" (253.24mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
3.23" (82.04mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1917 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1983 4-Month |
12.23" (310.64mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
3.00" (76.20mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1939 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1983 5-Month |
14.60" (370.84mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
2.75" (69.85mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1917 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1983 6-Month |
16.68" (423.67mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
2.06" (52.32mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1917 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1983 7-Month |
19.63" (498.60mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
2.08" (52.83mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1917 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1983 8-Month |
23.10" (586.74mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
2.64" (67.06mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1917 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1983 9-Month |
26.30" (668.02mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
3.32" (84.33mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1983 10-Month |
30.00" (762.00mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
4.51" (114.55mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1983 11-Month |
32.68" (830.07mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
5.06" (128.52mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1910 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1983 12-Month |
34.76" (882.90mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
4.82" (122.42mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1910 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jul 1982–Dec 1983 18-Month |
51.79" (1,315.47mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
7.21" (183.14mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1954 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1982–Dec 1983 24-Month |
68.62" (1,742.95mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
8.72" (221.49mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1981–Dec 1983 36-Month |
98.58" (2,503.93mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
8.72" (221.49mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1980–Dec 1983 48-Month |
126.85" (3,221.99mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
7.07" (179.58mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1979–Dec 1983 60-Month |
159.60" (4,053.84mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
9.92" (251.97mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 |
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/