Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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West Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 1997
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2018) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1997 1-Month |
1.96" (49.78mm) | 2.55" (64.77mm) |
-0.59" (-14.99mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1989 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1955 | ||||
| Ties: 1967 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1997 2-Month |
4.64" (117.86mm) | 4.39" (111.51mm) |
0.25" (6.35mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1956 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1969 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1997 3-Month |
5.47" (138.94mm) | 5.42" (137.67mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1976 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1997 4-Month |
6.56" (166.62mm) | 5.92" (150.37mm) |
0.64" (16.25mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1917 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1997 5-Month |
6.87" (174.50mm) | 6.31" (160.27mm) |
0.56" (14.23mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1917 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1997 6-Month |
7.32" (185.93mm) | 6.63" (168.40mm) |
0.69" (17.53mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1917 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1997 7-Month |
8.42" (213.87mm) | 7.12" (180.85mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1917 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1997 8-Month |
8.80" (223.52mm) | 8.04" (204.22mm) |
0.76" (19.30mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1959 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1997 9-Month |
9.66" (245.36mm) | 9.38" (238.25mm) |
0.28" (7.11mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1959 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1966, 1987 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1997 10-Month |
10.26" (260.60mm) | 11.71" (297.43mm) |
-1.45" (-36.83mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1959 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1997 11-Month |
10.88" (276.35mm) | 14.43" (366.52mm) |
-3.55" (-90.17mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 2013 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1997 12-Month |
16.25" (412.75mm) | 17.41" (442.21mm) |
-1.16" (-29.46mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 2013 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jul 1996–Dec 1997 18-Month |
27.06" (687.32mm) | 24.07" (611.38mm) |
2.99" (75.94mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1959 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan 1996–Dec 1997 24-Month |
40.40" (1,026.16mm) | 34.81" (884.17mm) |
5.59" (141.99mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1929 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan 1995–Dec 1997 36-Month |
66.77" (1,695.96mm) | 52.26" (1,327.40mm) |
14.51" (368.56mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2015 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan 1994–Dec 1997 48-Month |
80.99" (2,057.15mm) | 69.53" (1,766.06mm) |
11.46" (291.09mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1949 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan 1993–Dec 1997 60-Month |
101.14" (2,568.96mm) | 86.83" (2,205.48mm) |
14.31" (363.48mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1932 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1983 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published November 2019, retrieved on December 8, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/