Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 1997
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1997 1-Month |
2.31" (58.67mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
-0.04" (-1.02mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1930 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1913 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1997 2-Month |
4.60" (116.84mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1976 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1952, 1974 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1997 3-Month |
7.12" (180.85mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
0.38" (9.65mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1917 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1997 4-Month |
9.66" (245.36mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1939 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1997 5-Month |
12.34" (313.44mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
0.49" (12.45mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1917 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1997 6-Month |
15.05" (382.27mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1917 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1997 7-Month |
18.45" (468.63mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
0.90" (22.86mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1917 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1997 8-Month |
21.23" (539.24mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
0.77" (19.56mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1917 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1997 9-Month |
24.22" (615.19mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
1.24" (31.50mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1956 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1926 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1997 10-Month |
26.66" (677.16mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
1.17" (29.71mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1956 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1997 11-Month |
29.05" (737.87mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
1.43" (36.32mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1910 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1997 12-Month |
31.86" (809.24mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
1.92" (48.76mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1910 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jul 1996–Dec 1997 18-Month |
49.86" (1,266.44mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
5.28" (134.11mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1954 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1996–Dec 1997 24-Month |
65.56" (1,665.22mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
5.66" (143.76mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1931 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1995–Dec 1997 36-Month |
98.25" (2,495.55mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
8.39" (213.11mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1956 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
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Jan 1994–Dec 1997 48-Month |
128.87" (3,273.30mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
9.09" (230.89mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1956 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1993–Dec 1997 60-Month |
161.49" (4,101.85mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
11.81" (299.98mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1956 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/