Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Ohio Valley Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, August 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1979 1-Month |
5.04" (128.02mm) | 3.67" (93.22mm) |
1.37" (34.80mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1953 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1979 2-Month |
10.98" (278.89mm) | 7.67" (194.82mm) |
3.31" (84.07mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1979 3-Month |
14.84" (376.94mm) | 11.92" (302.77mm) |
2.92" (74.17mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1958 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1979 4-Month |
19.18" (487.17mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
2.99" (75.94mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1936 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1950 | ||||||
|
Apr–Aug 1979 5-Month |
24.64" (625.86mm) | 20.10" (510.54mm) |
4.54" (115.32mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1979 6-Month |
28.32" (719.33mm) | 23.91" (607.31mm) |
4.41" (112.02mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1979 7-Month |
31.23" (793.24mm) | 26.58" (675.13mm) |
4.65" (118.11mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1979 8-Month |
35.49" (901.45mm) | 29.63" (752.60mm) |
5.86" (148.85mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1936 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1978–Aug 1979 9-Month |
40.77" (1,035.56mm) | 32.72" (831.09mm) |
8.05" (204.47mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1936 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Aug 1979 10-Month |
44.62" (1,133.35mm) | 35.86" (910.84mm) |
8.76" (222.51mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1936 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1978–Aug 1979 11-Month |
47.05" (1,195.07mm) | 38.78" (985.01mm) |
8.27" (210.06mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1936 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–Aug 1979 12-Month |
49.04" (1,245.62mm) | 42.24" (1,072.90mm) |
6.80" (172.72mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1936 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1978–Aug 1979 18-Month |
73.82" (1,875.03mm) | 66.13" (1,679.70mm) |
7.69" (195.33mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1977–Aug 1979 24-Month |
94.13" (2,390.90mm) | 84.47" (2,145.54mm) |
9.66" (245.36mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1941 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1976–Aug 1979 36-Month |
131.95" (3,351.53mm) | 126.74" (3,219.20mm) |
5.21" (132.33mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1941 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1975–Aug 1979 48-Month |
171.82" (4,364.23mm) | 168.98" (4,292.09mm) |
2.84" (72.14mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1956 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2021 | ||||
|
Sep 1974–Aug 1979 60-Month |
218.34" (5,545.84mm) | 211.19" (5,364.23mm) |
7.15" (181.61mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1934 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 16, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/