Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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West Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 1955
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2018) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1955 1-Month |
7.29" (185.17mm) | 2.55" (64.77mm) |
4.74" (120.40mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1989 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1955 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1955 2-Month |
9.17" (232.92mm) | 4.39" (111.51mm) |
4.78" (121.41mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1956 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1955 3-Month |
9.44" (239.78mm) | 5.42" (137.67mm) |
4.02" (102.11mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1976 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1955 4-Month |
9.82" (249.43mm) | 5.92" (150.37mm) |
3.90" (99.06mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1917 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1981 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1955 5-Month |
10.50" (266.70mm) | 6.31" (160.27mm) |
4.19" (106.43mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1917 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1955 6-Month |
10.94" (277.88mm) | 6.63" (168.40mm) |
4.31" (109.48mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1917 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1955 7-Month |
11.18" (283.97mm) | 7.12" (180.85mm) |
4.06" (103.12mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1917 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1983 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1955 8-Month |
12.06" (306.32mm) | 8.04" (204.22mm) |
4.02" (102.10mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1959 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1983 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1955 9-Month |
13.70" (347.98mm) | 9.38" (238.25mm) |
4.32" (109.73mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1959 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1983 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1955 10-Month |
14.23" (361.44mm) | 11.71" (297.43mm) |
2.52" (64.01mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1959 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1955 11-Month |
15.36" (390.14mm) | 14.43" (366.52mm) |
0.93" (23.62mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 2013 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1955 12-Month |
17.98" (456.69mm) | 17.41" (442.21mm) |
0.57" (14.48mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 2013 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jul 1954–Dec 1955 18-Month |
23.58" (598.93mm) | 24.07" (611.38mm) |
-0.49" (-12.45mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1959 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1926 | ||||||
|
Jan 1954–Dec 1955 24-Month |
34.86" (885.44mm) | 34.81" (884.17mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1929 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan 1953–Dec 1955 36-Month |
47.59" (1,208.79mm) | 52.26" (1,327.40mm) |
-4.67" (-118.61mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 2015 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan 1952–Dec 1955 48-Month |
68.77" (1,746.76mm) | 69.53" (1,766.06mm) |
-0.76" (-19.30mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1949 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan 1951–Dec 1955 60-Month |
86.72" (2,202.69mm) | 86.83" (2,205.48mm) |
-0.11" (-2.79mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1932 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1983 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published December 2019, retrieved on December 16, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/