Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Upper Midwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 1996
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1996 1-Month |
1.70" (43.18mm) | 1.25" (31.75mm) |
0.45" (11.43mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1943 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1977 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1996 2-Month |
4.27" (108.46mm) | 3.10" (78.74mm) |
1.17" (29.72mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1976 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1996 3-Month |
7.53" (191.26mm) | 5.38" (136.65mm) |
2.15" (54.61mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1976 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1982 | ||||
| Ties: 1909 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1996 4-Month |
10.49" (266.45mm) | 8.74" (222.00mm) |
1.75" (44.45mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1976 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1996 5-Month |
13.24" (336.30mm) | 12.27" (311.66mm) |
0.97" (24.64mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1976 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1996 6-Month |
16.82" (427.23mm) | 15.84" (402.34mm) |
0.98" (24.89mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1976 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1996 7-Month |
21.71" (551.43mm) | 19.89" (505.21mm) |
1.82" (46.22mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1976 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 2010 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1996 8-Month |
25.53" (648.46mm) | 23.31" (592.07mm) |
2.22" (56.39mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1976 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1996 9-Month |
27.56" (700.02mm) | 25.81" (655.57mm) |
1.75" (44.45mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1976 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1996 10-Month |
28.82" (732.03mm) | 27.52" (699.01mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1910 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1996 11-Month |
29.62" (752.35mm) | 28.54" (724.92mm) |
1.08" (27.43mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1910 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1961 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1996 12-Month |
31.64" (803.66mm) | 29.68" (753.87mm) |
1.96" (49.79mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1910 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1995–Dec 1996 18-Month |
49.95" (1,268.73mm) | 45.59" (1,157.99mm) |
4.36" (110.74mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1976 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1995–Dec 1996 24-Month |
63.04" (1,601.22mm) | 59.39" (1,508.51mm) |
3.65" (92.71mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1989 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1994–Dec 1996 36-Month |
93.10" (2,364.74mm) | 89.07" (2,262.38mm) |
4.03" (102.36mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1989 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2007 | ||||||
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Jan 1993–Dec 1996 48-Month |
129.36" (3,285.74mm) | 118.71" (3,015.23mm) |
10.65" (270.51mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1936 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 2019 | ||||
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Jan 1992–Dec 1996 60-Month |
160.23" (4,069.84mm) | 148.36" (3,768.34mm) |
11.87" (301.50mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1936 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2013 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/