Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 2002
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2002 1-Month |
3.87" (98.30mm) | 2.50" (63.50mm) |
1.37" (34.80mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1982 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2002 2-Month |
5.86" (148.84mm) | 4.97" (126.24mm) |
0.89" (22.60mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1917 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 2002 3-Month |
12.02" (305.31mm) | 7.67" (194.82mm) |
4.35" (110.49mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2002 4-Month |
15.54" (394.72mm) | 10.85" (275.59mm) |
4.69" (119.13mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 2002 5-Month |
18.26" (463.80mm) | 13.77" (349.76mm) |
4.49" (114.04mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2002 6-Month |
22.45" (570.23mm) | 16.94" (430.28mm) |
5.51" (139.95mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1924, 1956 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 2002 7-Month |
25.34" (643.64mm) | 20.47" (519.94mm) |
4.87" (123.70mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2002 8-Month |
28.41" (721.61mm) | 24.52" (622.81mm) |
3.89" (98.80mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2002 9-Month |
30.96" (786.38mm) | 27.73" (704.34mm) |
3.23" (82.04mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2002 10-Month |
34.27" (870.46mm) | 30.43" (772.92mm) |
3.84" (97.54mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1956 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2002 11-Month |
35.74" (907.80mm) | 32.66" (829.56mm) |
3.08" (78.24mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2002 12-Month |
37.83" (960.88mm) | 34.88" (885.95mm) |
2.95" (74.93mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1917 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jul 2001–Dec 2002 18-Month |
56.58" (1,437.13mm) | 51.85" (1,316.99mm) |
4.73" (120.14mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan 2001–Dec 2002 24-Month |
75.96" (1,929.38mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
6.12" (155.44mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1917 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1974 | ||||
|
Jan 2000–Dec 2002 36-Month |
109.30" (2,776.22mm) | 104.78" (2,661.41mm) |
4.52" (114.81mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1956 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1992 | ||||
|
Jan 1999–Dec 2002 48-Month |
140.79" (3,576.07mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
1.08" (27.44mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1956 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan 1998–Dec 2002 60-Month |
177.74" (4,514.60mm) | 174.55" (4,433.57mm) |
3.19" (81.03mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1956 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/