Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, April 1997
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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April 1997 1-Month |
4.86" (123.44mm) | 3.54" (89.92mm) |
1.32" (33.52mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1976 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1989 | 1895 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 1997 2-Month |
9.16" (232.66mm) | 7.82" (198.63mm) |
1.34" (34.03mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1985 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 1997 3-Month |
12.93" (328.42mm) | 11.65" (295.91mm) |
1.28" (32.51mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1986 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1899 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 1997 4-Month |
16.56" (420.62mm) | 15.55" (394.97mm) |
1.01" (25.65mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1986 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1998 | ||||
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Dec 1996–Apr 1997 5-Month |
20.51" (520.95mm) | 19.25" (488.95mm) |
1.26" (32.00mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1986 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1996–Apr 1997 6-Month |
24.05" (610.87mm) | 22.28" (565.91mm) |
1.77" (44.96mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1981 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1998 | ||||
|
Oct 1996–Apr 1997 7-Month |
28.02" (711.71mm) | 25.58" (649.73mm) |
2.44" (61.98mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 2001 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1998 | ||||
|
Sep 1996–Apr 1997 8-Month |
37.16" (943.86mm) | 29.83" (757.68mm) |
7.33" (186.18mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2002 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1996–Apr 1997 9-Month |
43.01" (1,092.45mm) | 35.10" (891.54mm) |
7.91" (200.91mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1981 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1996–Apr 1997 10-Month |
49.71" (1,262.63mm) | 40.76" (1,035.30mm) |
8.95" (227.33mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1981 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1996–Apr 1997 11-Month |
53.74" (1,365.00mm) | 45.34" (1,151.64mm) |
8.40" (213.36mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1981 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1996–Apr 1997 12-Month |
57.47" (1,459.74mm) | 49.34" (1,253.24mm) |
8.13" (206.50mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1981 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1995–Apr 1997 18-Month |
79.41" (2,017.01mm) | 71.65" (1,819.91mm) |
7.76" (197.10mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2002 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1990 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1995–Apr 1997 24-Month |
112.97" (2,869.44mm) | 98.64" (2,505.46mm) |
14.33" (363.98mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1927 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1930 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1994–Apr 1997 36-Month |
160.12" (4,067.05mm) | 148.11" (3,761.99mm) |
12.01" (305.06mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1942 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1993–Apr 1997 48-Month |
204.22" (5,187.19mm) | 197.43" (5,014.72mm) |
6.79" (172.47mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1927 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2019 | ||||
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May 1992–Apr 1997 60-Month |
262.62" (6,670.55mm) | 246.70" (6,266.18mm) |
15.92" (404.37mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1928 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published December 2019, retrieved on December 9, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/