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 January 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Kentucky
Precipitation Rankings, December 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2020 1-Month |
3.50" (88.90mm) | 4.06" (103.12mm) |
-0.56" (-14.22mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1990 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2020 2-Month |
5.75" (146.05mm) | 7.63" (193.80mm) |
-1.88" (-47.75mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1976 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 2020 3-Month |
10.37" (263.40mm) | 10.42" (264.67mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1963 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1919 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2020 4-Month |
14.34" (364.24mm) | 13.65" (346.71mm) |
0.69" (17.53mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1963 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 2020 5-Month |
19.48" (494.79mm) | 17.39" (441.71mm) |
2.09" (53.08mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1953 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2020 6-Month |
24.68" (626.87mm) | 21.73" (551.94mm) |
2.95" (74.93mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1953 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1979 | ||||
| Ties: 2016 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 2020 7-Month |
29.84" (757.94mm) | 25.98" (659.89mm) |
3.86" (98.05mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2020 8-Month |
35.41" (899.41mm) | 30.32" (770.13mm) |
5.09" (129.28mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2020 9-Month |
40.36" (1,025.14mm) | 34.42" (874.27mm) |
5.94" (150.87mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2020 10-Month |
47.21" (1,199.13mm) | 39.13" (993.90mm) |
8.08" (205.23mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2020 11-Month |
53.64" (1,362.46mm) | 42.74" (1,085.60mm) |
10.90" (276.86mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2020 12-Month |
58.11" (1,475.99mm) | 46.94" (1,192.28mm) |
11.17" (283.71mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Dec 2020 18-Month |
84.16" (2,137.66mm) | 68.70" (1,744.98mm) |
15.46" (392.68mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1979 | ||||
|
Jan 2019–Dec 2020 24-Month |
119.43" (3,033.52mm) | 93.88" (2,384.55mm) |
25.55" (648.97mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2018–Dec 2020 36-Month |
183.17" (4,652.52mm) | 140.90" (3,578.86mm) |
42.27" (1,073.66mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1954 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 2017–Dec 2020 48-Month |
233.43" (5,929.12mm) | 187.95" (4,773.93mm) |
45.48" (1,155.19mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1904 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 2016–Dec 2020 60-Month |
282.62" (7,178.55mm) | 235.00" (5,969.00mm) |
47.62" (1,209.55mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1944 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 25, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/