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 1985
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1985 1-Month |
1.46" (37.08mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
-0.89" (-22.61mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1930 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1985 2-Month |
5.00" (127.00mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
0.42" (10.67mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1976 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1985 3-Month |
8.18" (207.77mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
1.44" (36.57mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1917 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1985 4-Month |
11.18" (283.97mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
1.95" (49.53mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1939 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1985 5-Month |
14.11" (358.39mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
2.26" (57.40mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1917 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1985 6-Month |
16.83" (427.48mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
2.21" (56.13mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1917 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1985 7-Month |
19.45" (494.03mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
1.90" (48.26mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1917 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1985 8-Month |
22.00" (558.80mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
1.54" (39.12mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1917 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1985 9-Month |
23.97" (608.84mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
0.99" (25.15mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1956 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1985 10-Month |
26.45" (671.83mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
0.96" (24.38mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1956 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1985 11-Month |
28.55" (725.17mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
0.93" (23.62mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1910 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1946 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1985 12-Month |
29.97" (761.24mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
0.03" (0.76mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1910 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jul 1984–Dec 1985 18-Month |
46.13" (1,171.70mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
1.55" (39.37mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1954 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1984–Dec 1985 24-Month |
61.37" (1,558.80mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
1.47" (37.34mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1931 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1983–Dec 1985 36-Month |
96.13" (2,441.70mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
6.27" (159.26mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1982–Dec 1985 48-Month |
129.99" (3,301.75mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
10.21" (259.34mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1956 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1981–Dec 1985 60-Month |
159.95" (4,062.73mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
10.27" (260.86mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1956 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 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/