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 June 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Kentucky
Precipitation Rankings, January 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1979 1-Month |
5.73" (145.54mm) | 4.20" (106.68mm) |
1.53" (38.86mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1981 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1937 | ||||
| Ties: 1978 | ||||||
|
Dec 1978–Jan 1979 2-Month |
16.19" (411.23mm) | 8.25" (209.55mm) |
7.94" (201.68mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1981 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1937 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Jan 1979 3-Month |
20.87" (530.10mm) | 11.87" (301.50mm) |
9.00" (228.60mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1937 | ||||
|
Oct 1978–Jan 1979 4-Month |
23.76" (603.50mm) | 14.68" (372.87mm) |
9.08" (230.63mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1920 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–Jan 1979 5-Month |
25.00" (635.00mm) | 17.90" (454.66mm) |
7.10" (180.34mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1964 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1937 | ||||
|
Aug 1978–Jan 1979 6-Month |
30.90" (784.86mm) | 21.63" (549.40mm) |
9.27" (235.46mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1940 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1927 | ||||
|
Jul 1978–Jan 1979 7-Month |
36.41" (924.81mm) | 25.97" (659.64mm) |
10.44" (265.17mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1916 | ||||
|
Jun 1978–Jan 1979 8-Month |
39.30" (998.22mm) | 30.23" (767.84mm) |
9.07" (230.38mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1916 | ||||
|
May 1978–Jan 1979 9-Month |
44.87" (1,139.70mm) | 34.56" (877.82mm) |
10.31" (261.88mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1916 | ||||
|
Apr 1978–Jan 1979 10-Month |
48.00" (1,219.20mm) | 38.64" (981.46mm) |
9.36" (237.74mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2012 | ||||
|
Mar 1978–Jan 1979 11-Month |
51.86" (1,317.24mm) | 43.34" (1,100.84mm) |
8.52" (216.40mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 1978–Jan 1979 12-Month |
52.97" (1,345.44mm) | 46.95" (1,192.53mm) |
6.02" (152.91mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1977–Jan 1979 18-Month |
81.90" (2,080.26mm) | 68.58" (1,741.93mm) |
13.32" (338.33mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1977–Jan 1979 24-Month |
105.12" (2,670.05mm) | 93.97" (2,386.84mm) |
11.15" (283.21mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1955 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1976–Jan 1979 36-Month |
145.54" (3,696.72mm) | 140.98" (3,580.89mm) |
4.56" (115.83mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1955 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2021 | ||||
|
Feb 1975–Jan 1979 48-Month |
202.34" (5,139.44mm) | 188.03" (4,775.96mm) |
14.31" (363.48mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1905 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2021 | ||||
|
Feb 1974–Jan 1979 60-Month |
252.87" (6,422.90mm) | 234.98" (5,968.49mm) |
17.89" (454.41mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1905 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published July 2021, retrieved on July 30, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/