Climate at a Glance
Regional 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 September 2019. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, August 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2016 1-Month |
5.83" (148.08mm) | 2.92" (74.17mm) |
2.91" (73.91mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2000 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2017 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2016 2-Month |
8.91" (226.31mm) | 6.09" (154.69mm) |
2.82" (71.62mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2000 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2016 3-Month |
12.33" (313.18mm) | 9.62" (244.35mm) |
2.71" (68.83mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1954 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2017 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2016 4-Month |
16.87" (428.50mm) | 13.67" (347.22mm) |
3.20" (81.28mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2011 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1981 | ||||||
|
Apr–Aug 2016 5-Month |
21.98" (558.29mm) | 16.88" (428.75mm) |
5.10" (129.54mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2016 6-Month |
26.46" (672.08mm) | 19.58" (497.33mm) |
6.88" (174.75mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2016 7-Month |
28.12" (714.25mm) | 21.81" (553.97mm) |
6.31" (160.28mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2011 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2016 8-Month |
29.54" (750.32mm) | 24.04" (610.62mm) |
5.50" (139.70mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2011 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
|
Dec 2015–Aug 2016 9-Month |
33.63" (854.20mm) | 26.54" (674.12mm) |
7.09" (180.08mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2011 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Aug 2016 10-Month |
39.04" (991.62mm) | 28.96" (735.58mm) |
10.08" (256.04mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2011 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–Aug 2016 11-Month |
44.02" (1,118.11mm) | 31.66" (804.16mm) |
12.36" (313.95mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2011 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2016 12-Month |
45.68" (1,160.27mm) | 34.87" (885.70mm) |
10.81" (274.57mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2015–Aug 2016 18-Month |
72.99" (1,853.95mm) | 54.51" (1,384.55mm) |
18.48" (469.40mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2014–Aug 2016 24-Month |
87.77" (2,229.36mm) | 69.84" (1,773.94mm) |
17.93" (455.42mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2013–Aug 2016 36-Month |
121.80" (3,093.72mm) | 104.74" (2,660.40mm) |
17.06" (433.32mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1975 | ||||
|
Sep 2012–Aug 2016 48-Month |
154.47" (3,923.54mm) | 139.63" (3,546.60mm) |
14.84" (376.94mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2011–Aug 2016 60-Month |
188.60" (4,790.44mm) | 174.44" (4,430.78mm) |
14.16" (359.66mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1956 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published October 2019, retrieved on October 20, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/