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.
New Jersey
Precipitation Rankings, April 1972
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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April 1972 1-Month |
3.81" (96.77mm) | 3.75" (95.25mm) |
0.06" (1.52mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1963 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1983 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 1972 2-Month |
7.29" (185.17mm) | 7.65" (194.31mm) |
-0.36" (-9.14mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1985 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 1972 3-Month |
12.22" (310.39mm) | 10.70" (271.78mm) |
1.52" (38.61mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1985 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 1972 4-Month |
14.87" (377.70mm) | 14.19" (360.43mm) |
0.68" (17.27mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1985 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1964 | 1983 | ||||
|
Dec 1971–Apr 1972 5-Month |
16.82" (427.23mm) | 17.88" (454.15mm) |
-1.06" (-26.92mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1985 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1958 | ||||
|
Nov 1971–Apr 1972 6-Month |
21.98" (558.29mm) | 21.28" (540.51mm) |
0.70" (17.78mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1985 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1921 | ||||||
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Oct 1971–Apr 1972 7-Month |
26.56" (674.62mm) | 24.63" (625.60mm) |
1.93" (49.02mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1985 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1973 | ||||
|
Sep 1971–Apr 1972 8-Month |
32.52" (826.01mm) | 28.37" (720.60mm) |
4.15" (105.41mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1985 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1971–Apr 1972 9-Month |
42.75" (1,085.85mm) | 33.00" (838.20mm) |
9.75" (247.65mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1985 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1912 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1971–Apr 1972 10-Month |
46.99" (1,193.55mm) | 37.47" (951.74mm) |
9.52" (241.81mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 2002 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1971–Apr 1972 11-Month |
48.40" (1,229.36mm) | 41.19" (1,046.23mm) |
7.21" (183.13mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 1939 | ||||
|
May 1971–Apr 1972 12-Month |
52.72" (1,339.09mm) | 44.92" (1,140.97mm) |
7.80" (198.12mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1970–Apr 1972 18-Month |
74.47" (1,891.54mm) | 66.20" (1,681.48mm) |
8.27" (210.06mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1953 | ||||
|
May 1970–Apr 1972 24-Month |
93.46" (2,373.88mm) | 89.81" (2,281.17mm) |
3.65" (92.71mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1973 | ||||
|
May 1969–Apr 1972 36-Month |
142.25" (3,613.15mm) | 134.85" (3,425.19mm) |
7.40" (187.96mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1967 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1968–Apr 1972 48-Month |
182.09" (4,625.09mm) | 179.93" (4,570.22mm) |
2.16" (54.87mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 2007 | ||||
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May 1967–Apr 1972 60-Month |
226.50" (5,753.10mm) | 224.86" (5,711.44mm) |
1.64" (41.66mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1967 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1976 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 6, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/