Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Illinois
Precipitation Rankings, October 1996
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1996 1-Month |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 2.79" (70.87mm) |
-0.39" (-9.91mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1964 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1941 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1996 2-Month |
5.34" (135.64mm) | 6.29" (159.77mm) |
-0.95" (-24.13mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1897 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1941 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1996 3-Month |
7.36" (186.94mm) | 9.78" (248.41mm) |
-2.42" (-61.47mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1897 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1926 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1996 4-Month |
11.71" (297.43mm) | 13.42" (340.87mm) |
-1.71" (-43.44mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1897 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1996 5-Month |
15.95" (405.13mm) | 17.50" (444.50mm) |
-1.55" (-39.37mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1908 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1996 6-Month |
23.69" (601.73mm) | 21.59" (548.39mm) |
2.10" (53.34mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1897 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1996 7-Month |
28.72" (729.49mm) | 25.30" (642.62mm) |
3.42" (86.87mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1988 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2009 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1996 8-Month |
30.81" (782.57mm) | 28.39" (721.11mm) |
2.42" (61.46mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1988 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2009 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1996 9-Month |
31.61" (802.89mm) | 30.25" (768.35mm) |
1.36" (34.54mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1988 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2009 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1996 10-Month |
33.93" (861.82mm) | 32.38" (822.45mm) |
1.55" (39.37mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1901 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1993, 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1995–Oct 1996 11-Month |
35.34" (897.64mm) | 34.70" (881.38mm) |
0.64" (16.26mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1901 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2009 | ||||
|
Nov 1995–Oct 1996 12-Month |
37.87" (961.90mm) | 37.45" (951.23mm) |
0.42" (10.67mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1901 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1993 | ||||
|
May 1995–Oct 1996 18-Month |
61.74" (1,568.20mm) | 59.01" (1,498.85mm) |
2.73" (69.35mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1940 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 2009 | ||||
|
Nov 1994–Oct 1996 24-Month |
80.30" (2,039.62mm) | 74.88" (1,901.95mm) |
5.42" (137.67mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1964 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 2009 | ||||
|
Nov 1993–Oct 1996 36-Month |
114.10" (2,898.14mm) | 112.27" (2,851.66mm) |
1.83" (46.48mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1901 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2010 | ||||
|
Nov 1992–Oct 1996 48-Month |
168.72" (4,285.49mm) | 149.71" (3,802.63mm) |
19.01" (482.86mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1956 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2011 | ||||
|
Nov 1991–Oct 1996 60-Month |
201.08" (5,107.43mm) | 187.11" (4,752.59mm) |
13.97" (354.84mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1956 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2011 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published November 2019, retrieved on December 7, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/