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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, January 2017
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 2017 1-Month |
3.02" (76.71mm) | 2.22" (56.39mm) |
0.80" (20.32mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1986 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1932 | ||||
|
Dec 2016–Jan 2017 2-Month |
5.50" (139.70mm) | 4.72" (119.89mm) |
0.78" (19.81mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1909 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1932 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Jan 2017 3-Month |
7.65" (194.31mm) | 7.15" (181.61mm) |
0.50" (12.70mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1904 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1906 | ||||||
|
Oct 2016–Jan 2017 4-Month |
8.64" (219.46mm) | 9.85" (250.19mm) |
-1.21" (-30.73mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1918 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Jan 2017 5-Month |
11.65" (295.91mm) | 13.05" (331.47mm) |
-1.40" (-35.56mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1918 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1948 | ||||||
|
Aug 2016–Jan 2017 6-Month |
17.48" (443.99mm) | 15.99" (406.15mm) |
1.49" (37.84mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2016–Jan 2017 7-Month |
20.56" (522.22mm) | 19.19" (487.43mm) |
1.37" (34.79mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1957 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2016–Jan 2017 8-Month |
23.98" (609.09mm) | 22.71" (576.83mm) |
1.27" (32.26mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2016–Jan 2017 9-Month |
28.52" (724.41mm) | 26.77" (679.96mm) |
1.75" (44.45mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 2016–Jan 2017 10-Month |
33.63" (854.20mm) | 30.01" (762.25mm) |
3.62" (91.95mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 2016–Jan 2017 11-Month |
38.11" (967.99mm) | 32.70" (830.58mm) |
5.41" (137.41mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1957 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2017 12-Month |
39.77" (1,010.16mm) | 34.94" (887.48mm) |
4.83" (122.68mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 2015–Jan 2017 18-Month |
59.50" (1,511.30mm) | 50.97" (1,294.64mm) |
8.53" (216.66mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1918 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2017 24-Month |
86.32" (2,192.53mm) | 69.90" (1,775.46mm) |
16.42" (417.07mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2017 | ||||
|
Feb 2014–Jan 2017 36-Month |
120.79" (3,068.07mm) | 104.84" (2,662.94mm) |
15.95" (405.13mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1993 | ||||
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Feb 2013–Jan 2017 48-Month |
154.31" (3,919.47mm) | 139.66" (3,547.36mm) |
14.65" (372.11mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 2012–Jan 2017 60-Month |
186.92" (4,747.77mm) | 174.43" (4,430.52mm) |
12.49" (317.25mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/