Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Mississippi
Precipitation Rankings, October 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1956 1-Month |
3.43" (87.12mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1963 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1956 2-Month |
5.33" (135.38mm) | 6.34" (161.04mm) |
-1.01" (-25.66mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1953 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1912 | ||||||
|
Aug–Oct 1956 3-Month |
8.17" (207.52mm) | 10.27" (260.86mm) |
-2.10" (-53.34mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1924 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2002 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1956 4-Month |
11.87" (301.50mm) | 15.25" (387.35mm) |
-3.38" (-85.85mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1924 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2009 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1956 5-Month |
16.34" (415.04mm) | 19.34" (491.24mm) |
-3.00" (-76.20mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1952 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2021 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1956 6-Month |
19.33" (490.98mm) | 24.09" (611.89mm) |
-4.76" (-120.91mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1924 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2009 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1956 7-Month |
24.65" (626.11mm) | 29.36" (745.74mm) |
-4.71" (-119.63mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1899 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2021 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1956 8-Month |
30.57" (776.48mm) | 35.33" (897.38mm) |
-4.76" (-120.90mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1952 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2021 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1956 9-Month |
39.49" (1,003.05mm) | 40.34" (1,024.64mm) |
-0.85" (-21.59mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1954 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2021 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1956 10-Month |
42.18" (1,071.37mm) | 45.62" (1,158.75mm) |
-3.44" (-87.38mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1952 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1955–Oct 1956 11-Month |
45.18" (1,147.57mm) | 51.19" (1,300.23mm) |
-6.01" (-152.66mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 2000 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1991 | ||||
| Ties: 1942 | ||||||
|
Nov 1955–Oct 1956 12-Month |
48.60" (1,234.44mm) | 55.41" (1,407.41mm) |
-6.81" (-172.97mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 2000 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1983 | ||||
|
May 1955–Oct 1956 18-Month |
70.21" (1,783.33mm) | 79.67" (2,023.62mm) |
-9.46" (-240.29mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1904 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2020 | ||||
|
Nov 1954–Oct 1956 24-Month |
100.45" (2,551.43mm) | 111.12" (2,822.45mm) |
-10.67" (-271.02mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 2000 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1975 | ||||
|
Nov 1953–Oct 1956 36-Month |
142.72" (3,625.09mm) | 166.74" (4,235.20mm) |
-24.02" (-610.11mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1904 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1975 | ||||
|
Nov 1952–Oct 1956 48-Month |
198.50" (5,041.90mm) | 222.36" (5,647.94mm) |
-23.86" (-606.04mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1904 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2021 | ||||
|
Nov 1951–Oct 1956 60-Month |
240.81" (6,116.57mm) | 277.76" (7,055.10mm) |
-36.95" (-938.53mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2021 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/