Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Southwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, August 1997
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1997 1-Month |
2.59" (65.79mm) | 2.02" (51.31mm) |
0.57" (14.48mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1962 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1963 | ||||
| Ties: 1916, 2014 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1997 2-Month |
4.29" (108.97mm) | 3.89" (98.81mm) |
0.40" (10.16mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2020 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 1921 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1997 3-Month |
5.67" (144.02mm) | 4.83" (122.68mm) |
0.84" (21.34mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2020 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1921 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1997 4-Month |
6.84" (173.74mm) | 5.94" (150.88mm) |
0.90" (22.86mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2020 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 1921 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1997 5-Month |
8.55" (217.17mm) | 7.00" (177.80mm) |
1.55" (39.37mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2020 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1999 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1997 6-Month |
8.83" (224.28mm) | 8.15" (207.01mm) |
0.68" (17.27mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2002 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1973 | ||||||
|
Feb–Aug 1997 7-Month |
9.80" (248.92mm) | 9.16" (232.66mm) |
0.64" (16.26mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2002 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1997 8-Month |
11.54" (293.12mm) | 10.14" (257.56mm) |
1.40" (35.56mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2002 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1941 | ||||
|
Dec 1996–Aug 1997 9-Month |
12.26" (311.40mm) | 11.15" (283.21mm) |
1.11" (28.19mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2002 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1941 | ||||
|
Nov 1996–Aug 1997 10-Month |
13.35" (339.09mm) | 12.04" (305.82mm) |
1.31" (33.27mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2002 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1941 | ||||
|
Oct 1996–Aug 1997 11-Month |
14.64" (371.86mm) | 13.17" (334.52mm) |
1.47" (37.34mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2002 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1941 | ||||
|
Sep 1996–Aug 1997 12-Month |
16.60" (421.64mm) | 14.54" (369.32mm) |
2.06" (52.32mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2002 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar 1996–Aug 1997 18-Month |
23.76" (603.50mm) | 22.69" (576.33mm) |
1.07" (27.17mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2002 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1942 | ||||
|
Sep 1995–Aug 1997 24-Month |
28.64" (727.46mm) | 29.09" (738.89mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 2003 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1942 | ||||
|
Sep 1994–Aug 1997 36-Month |
46.15" (1,172.21mm) | 43.58" (1,106.93mm) |
2.57" (65.28mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1956 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1907 | ||||
|
Sep 1993–Aug 1997 48-Month |
58.51" (1,486.15mm) | 58.05" (1,474.47mm) |
0.46" (11.68mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1956 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1986 | ||||
|
Sep 1992–Aug 1997 60-Month |
75.59" (1,919.99mm) | 72.53" (1,842.26mm) |
3.06" (77.73mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 2004 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1987 | ||||
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/