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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Kentucky
Precipitation Rankings, December 2021
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2021 1-Month |
4.24" (107.70mm) | 4.06" (103.12mm) |
0.18" (4.58mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1965 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1990 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2021 2-Month |
6.22" (157.99mm) | 7.63" (193.80mm) |
-1.41" (-35.81mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1976 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 2021 3-Month |
10.60" (269.24mm) | 10.42" (264.67mm) |
0.18" (4.57mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1963 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1919 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2021 4-Month |
14.83" (376.68mm) | 13.65" (346.71mm) |
1.18" (29.97mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1963 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 2021 5-Month |
20.12" (511.05mm) | 17.39" (441.71mm) |
2.73" (69.34mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1953 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1923 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 2021 6-Month |
26.32" (668.53mm) | 21.73" (551.94mm) |
4.59" (116.59mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1953 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1979 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 2021 7-Month |
31.34" (796.04mm) | 25.98" (659.89mm) |
5.36" (136.15mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1930 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2021 8-Month |
34.91" (886.71mm) | 30.32" (770.13mm) |
4.59" (116.58mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1930 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2021 9-Month |
37.99" (964.95mm) | 34.42" (874.27mm) |
3.57" (90.68mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1930 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2021 10-Month |
44.77" (1,137.16mm) | 39.13" (993.90mm) |
5.64" (143.26mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2021 11-Month |
49.28" (1,251.71mm) | 42.74" (1,085.60mm) |
6.54" (166.11mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2021 12-Month |
53.40" (1,356.36mm) | 46.94" (1,192.28mm) |
6.46" (164.08mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul 2020–Dec 2021 18-Month |
78.09" (1,983.49mm) | 68.70" (1,744.98mm) |
9.39" (238.51mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1930 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 1979 | ||||
|
Jan 2020–Dec 2021 24-Month |
111.51" (2,832.35mm) | 93.88" (2,384.55mm) |
17.63" (447.80mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1931 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2019–Dec 2021 36-Month |
172.83" (4,389.88mm) | 140.90" (3,578.86mm) |
31.93" (811.02mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1954 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 2018–Dec 2021 48-Month |
236.57" (6,008.88mm) | 187.95" (4,773.93mm) |
48.62" (1,234.95mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1904 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Jan 2017–Dec 2021 60-Month |
286.83" (7,285.48mm) | 235.00" (5,969.00mm) |
51.83" (1,316.48mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1944 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/