Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Mississippi
Precipitation Rankings, September 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
September 1979 1-Month |
6.88" (174.75mm) | 3.43" (87.12mm) |
3.45" (87.63mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 2019 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2002 | ||||
|
Aug–Sep 1979 2-Month |
10.79" (274.07mm) | 7.35" (186.69mm) |
3.44" (87.38mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1954 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2008 | ||||
|
Jul–Sep 1979 3-Month |
19.37" (492.00mm) | 12.33" (313.18mm) |
7.04" (178.82mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1924 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2012 | ||||
|
Jun–Sep 1979 4-Month |
22.08" (560.83mm) | 16.43" (417.32mm) |
5.65" (143.51mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1952 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2021 | ||||
|
May–Sep 1979 5-Month |
28.20" (716.28mm) | 21.17" (537.72mm) |
7.03" (178.56mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 2000 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2021 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 1979 6-Month |
38.78" (985.01mm) | 26.45" (671.83mm) |
12.33" (313.18mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1899 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Mar–Sep 1979 7-Month |
44.60" (1,132.84mm) | 32.42" (823.47mm) |
12.18" (309.37mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1925 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Feb–Sep 1979 8-Month |
51.22" (1,300.99mm) | 37.42" (950.47mm) |
13.80" (350.52mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1925 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Jan–Sep 1979 9-Month |
61.92" (1,572.77mm) | 42.71" (1,084.83mm) |
19.21" (487.94mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1986 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1978–Sep 1979 10-Month |
68.33" (1,735.58mm) | 48.28" (1,226.31mm) |
20.05" (509.27mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1986 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Sep 1979 11-Month |
72.18" (1,833.37mm) | 52.50" (1,333.50mm) |
19.68" (499.87mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1986 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1978–Sep 1979 12-Month |
72.61" (1,844.29mm) | 55.45" (1,408.43mm) |
17.16" (435.86mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1983 | ||||
|
Apr 1978–Sep 1979 18-Month |
100.15" (2,543.81mm) | 82.09" (2,085.09mm) |
18.06" (458.72mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1925 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2020 | ||||
|
Oct 1977–Sep 1979 24-Month |
127.23" (3,231.64mm) | 111.15" (2,823.21mm) |
16.08" (408.43mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 2002 | ||||||
|
Oct 1976–Sep 1979 36-Month |
182.65" (4,639.31mm) | 166.79" (4,236.47mm) |
15.86" (402.84mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1954 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 1975 | ||||
|
Oct 1975–Sep 1979 48-Month |
234.53" (5,957.06mm) | 222.38" (5,648.45mm) |
12.15" (308.61mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1954 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2021 | ||||
|
Oct 1974–Sep 1979 60-Month |
303.56" (7,710.42mm) | 277.78" (7,055.61mm) |
25.78" (654.81mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1956 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2021 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/