Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Michigan
Precipitation Rankings, December 1972
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1972 1-Month |
3.76" (95.50mm) | 2.01" (51.05mm) |
1.75" (44.45mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1913 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2008 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1972 2-Month |
5.99" (152.15mm) | 4.57" (116.08mm) |
1.42" (36.07mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1917 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1982 | ||||
| Ties: 1906, 1968 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1972 3-Month |
8.65" (219.71mm) | 7.27" (184.66mm) |
1.38" (35.05mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1972 4-Month |
12.56" (319.02mm) | 10.65" (270.51mm) |
1.91" (48.51mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1956 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1972 5-Month |
17.88" (454.15mm) | 13.77" (349.76mm) |
4.11" (104.39mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1985 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1972 6-Month |
21.40" (543.56mm) | 16.81" (426.97mm) |
4.59" (116.59mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1985 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1972 7-Month |
24.14" (613.16mm) | 20.09" (510.29mm) |
4.05" (102.87mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1972 8-Month |
26.60" (675.64mm) | 23.17" (588.52mm) |
3.43" (87.12mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1972 9-Month |
29.04" (737.62mm) | 25.77" (654.56mm) |
3.27" (83.06mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1972 10-Month |
31.70" (805.18mm) | 27.81" (706.37mm) |
3.89" (98.81mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1972 11-Month |
32.91" (835.91mm) | 29.32" (744.73mm) |
3.59" (91.18mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1972 12-Month |
34.37" (873.00mm) | 31.13" (790.70mm) |
3.24" (82.30mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1971–Dec 1972 18-Month |
51.32" (1,303.53mm) | 47.97" (1,218.44mm) |
3.35" (85.09mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1971–Dec 1972 24-Month |
64.17" (1,629.92mm) | 62.25" (1,581.15mm) |
1.92" (48.77mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1963 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1970–Dec 1972 36-Month |
96.85" (2,459.99mm) | 93.37" (2,371.60mm) |
3.48" (88.39mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1964 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1972 48-Month |
127.68" (3,243.07mm) | 124.51" (3,162.55mm) |
3.17" (80.52mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1936 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1968–Dec 1972 60-Month |
162.49" (4,127.25mm) | 155.66" (3,953.76mm) |
6.83" (173.49mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1934 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 4, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/