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 1992
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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December 1992 1-Month |
2.79" (70.87mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
0.44" (11.18mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1930 |
29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1936 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1992 2-Month |
6.06" (153.92mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1976 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2015 | ||||
Oct–Dec 1992 3-Month |
7.73" (196.34mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
0.99" (25.14mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1917 |
28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2015 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1992 4-Month |
10.06" (255.52mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
0.83" (21.08mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1939 |
37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2018 | ||||
Aug–Dec 1992 5-Month |
12.96" (329.18mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
1.11" (28.19mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1917 |
30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1946 | ||||||
Jul–Dec 1992 6-Month |
16.61" (421.89mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
1.99" (50.54mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1917 |
16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2018 | ||||
Jun–Dec 1992 7-Month |
20.00" (508.00mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
2.45" (62.23mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1917 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 2018 | ||||
May–Dec 1992 8-Month |
22.29" (566.17mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
1.83" (46.49mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1917 |
20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2015 | ||||
Apr–Dec 1992 9-Month |
24.35" (618.49mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
1.37" (34.80mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1956 |
35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 2015 | ||||
Mar–Dec 1992 10-Month |
26.86" (682.24mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
1.37" (34.79mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1956 |
33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 2015 | ||||
Feb–Dec 1992 11-Month |
29.18" (741.17mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
1.56" (39.62mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1989 | 1910 |
33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1902, 2003 | ||||||
Jan–Dec 1992 12-Month |
31.26" (794.00mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
1.32" (33.52mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1989 | 1910 |
35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1973 | ||||
Jul 1991–Dec 1992 18-Month |
46.45" (1,179.83mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
1.87" (47.50mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1954 |
37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1991–Dec 1992 24-Month |
63.70" (1,617.98mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
3.80" (96.52mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1931 |
23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1990–Dec 1992 36-Month |
95.87" (2,435.10mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
6.01" (152.66mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1956 |
19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 1989–Dec 1992 48-Month |
124.92" (3,172.97mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
5.14" (130.56mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1956 |
23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1976 | ||||||
Jan 1988–Dec 1992 60-Month |
150.82" (3,830.83mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
1.14" (28.96mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1956 |
57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/