Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Northwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, October 1972
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1972 1-Month |
1.41" (35.81mm) | 2.54" (64.52mm) |
-1.13" (-28.71mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1895 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1972 2-Month |
3.43" (87.12mm) | 3.96" (100.58mm) |
-0.53" (-13.46mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1987 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1922, 1937 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 1972 3-Month |
4.25" (107.95mm) | 4.76" (120.90mm) |
-0.51" (-12.95mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1987 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1972 4-Month |
4.94" (125.48mm) | 5.49" (139.45mm) |
-0.55" (-13.97mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1952 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1972 5-Month |
6.66" (169.16mm) | 7.21" (183.13mm) |
-0.55" (-13.97mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1917, 2002 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1947 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1972 6-Month |
8.35" (212.09mm) | 9.35" (237.49mm) |
-1.00" (-25.40mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 2002 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1941 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1972 7-Month |
11.23" (285.24mm) | 11.71" (297.43mm) |
-0.48" (-12.19mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 2002 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1997 | ||||
| Ties: 1954 | ||||||
|
Mar–Oct 1972 8-Month |
15.87" (403.10mm) | 14.97" (380.24mm) |
0.90" (22.86mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1939 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1997 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1972 9-Month |
20.46" (519.68mm) | 18.58" (471.93mm) |
1.88" (47.75mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1929 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1972 10-Month |
26.53" (673.86mm) | 23.10" (586.74mm) |
3.43" (87.12mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1929 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1950 | ||||
|
Dec 1971–Oct 1972 11-Month |
32.50" (825.50mm) | 27.75" (704.85mm) |
4.75" (120.65mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1929 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1997 | ||||
|
Nov 1971–Oct 1972 12-Month |
37.10" (942.34mm) | 32.10" (815.34mm) |
5.00" (127.00mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1977 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1997 | ||||
|
May 1971–Oct 1972 18-Month |
47.29" (1,201.17mm) | 41.48" (1,053.59mm) |
5.81" (147.58mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1929 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 1997 | ||||
|
Nov 1970–Oct 1972 24-Month |
75.47" (1,916.94mm) | 64.23" (1,631.44mm) |
11.24" (285.50mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1997 | ||||
|
Nov 1969–Oct 1972 36-Month |
107.65" (2,734.31mm) | 96.31" (2,446.27mm) |
11.34" (288.04mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1997 | ||||
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Nov 1968–Oct 1972 48-Month |
141.55" (3,595.37mm) | 128.38" (3,260.85mm) |
13.17" (334.52mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1999 | ||||
|
Nov 1967–Oct 1972 60-Month |
172.96" (4,393.18mm) | 160.37" (4,073.40mm) |
12.59" (319.78mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1932 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published March 2020, retrieved on April 2, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/