Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Kentucky
Precipitation Rankings, October 1938
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1938 1-Month |
0.51" (12.95mm) | 2.79" (70.87mm) |
-2.28" (-57.92mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1924 | 1963 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1919 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1938 2-Month |
3.99" (101.35mm) | 6.03" (153.16mm) |
-2.04" (-51.81mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1908 | 1963 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2006 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1938 3-Month |
8.82" (224.03mm) | 9.76" (247.90mm) |
-0.94" (-23.87mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1930 | 1953 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2006 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1938 4-Month |
15.78" (400.81mm) | 14.11" (358.39mm) |
1.67" (42.42mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1953 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 1979 | ||||
| Ties: 1919 | ||||||
|
Jun–Oct 1938 5-Month |
19.96" (506.98mm) | 18.35" (466.09mm) |
1.61" (40.89mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1930 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 1979 | ||||
| Ties: 1993 | ||||||
|
May–Oct 1938 6-Month |
25.61" (650.49mm) | 22.69" (576.33mm) |
2.92" (74.16mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1930 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1942 | ||||||
|
Apr–Oct 1938 7-Month |
28.65" (727.71mm) | 26.79" (680.47mm) |
1.86" (47.24mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1930 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 1979 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1938 8-Month |
34.97" (888.24mm) | 31.51" (800.35mm) |
3.46" (87.89mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1930 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1938 9-Month |
37.42" (950.47mm) | 35.11" (891.79mm) |
2.31" (58.68mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1930 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1938 10-Month |
41.22" (1,046.99mm) | 39.31" (998.47mm) |
1.91" (48.52mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1930 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1950 | ||||
|
Dec 1937–Oct 1938 11-Month |
44.38" (1,127.25mm) | 43.36" (1,101.34mm) |
1.02" (25.91mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1930 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1937–Oct 1938 12-Month |
46.07" (1,170.18mm) | 46.98" (1,193.29mm) |
-0.91" (-23.11mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1930 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1979 | ||||
|
May 1937–Oct 1938 18-Month |
68.06" (1,728.72mm) | 69.67" (1,769.62mm) |
-1.61" (-40.90mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1931 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1936–Oct 1938 24-Month |
99.95" (2,538.73mm) | 93.92" (2,385.57mm) |
6.03" (153.16mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1931 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 2020 | ||||
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Nov 1935–Oct 1938 36-Month |
137.32" (3,487.93mm) | 140.93" (3,579.62mm) |
-3.61" (-91.69mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1942 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1934–Oct 1938 48-Month |
194.65" (4,944.11mm) | 188.01" (4,775.45mm) |
6.64" (168.66mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1943 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1933–Oct 1938 60-Month |
234.96" (5,967.98mm) | 235.02" (5,969.51mm) |
-0.06" (-1.53mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1944 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1914 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 25, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/