Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, September 1997
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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September 1997 1-Month |
5.00" (127.00mm) | 4.29" (108.97mm) |
0.71" (18.03mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1919 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1999 | ||||
|
Aug–Sep 1997 2-Month |
6.90" (175.26mm) | 9.57" (243.08mm) |
-2.67" (-67.82mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1983 | 2007 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1928 | ||||
| Ties: 1980 | ||||||
|
Jul–Sep 1997 3-Month |
12.68" (322.07mm) | 15.25" (387.35mm) |
-2.57" (-65.28mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 2007 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1928 | ||||
|
Jun–Sep 1997 4-Month |
16.59" (421.39mm) | 19.82" (503.43mm) |
-3.23" (-82.04mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 2007 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Sep 1997 5-Month |
18.74" (476.00mm) | 23.81" (604.77mm) |
-5.07" (-128.77mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 2007 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1901 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 1997 6-Month |
23.60" (599.44mm) | 27.35" (694.69mm) |
-3.75" (-95.25mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 2007 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1901 | ||||
|
Mar–Sep 1997 7-Month |
27.90" (708.66mm) | 31.63" (803.40mm) |
-3.73" (-94.74mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 2007 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Sep 1997 8-Month |
31.67" (804.42mm) | 35.46" (900.68mm) |
-3.79" (-96.26mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 2007 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Sep 1997 9-Month |
35.30" (896.62mm) | 39.36" (999.74mm) |
-4.06" (-103.12mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 2007 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1901 | ||||
|
Dec 1996–Sep 1997 10-Month |
39.25" (996.95mm) | 43.06" (1,093.72mm) |
-3.81" (-96.77mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1986 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1901 | ||||
|
Nov 1996–Sep 1997 11-Month |
42.79" (1,086.87mm) | 46.10" (1,170.94mm) |
-3.31" (-84.07mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1911 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1901 | ||||
|
Oct 1996–Sep 1997 12-Month |
46.76" (1,187.70mm) | 49.39" (1,254.51mm) |
-2.63" (-66.81mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1925 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2003 | ||||
|
Apr 1996–Sep 1997 18-Month |
79.47" (2,018.54mm) | 76.68" (1,947.67mm) |
2.79" (70.87mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1926 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1924 | ||||||
|
Oct 1995–Sep 1997 24-Month |
105.22" (2,672.59mm) | 98.76" (2,508.50mm) |
6.46" (164.09mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 2002 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1972 | ||||||
|
Oct 1994–Sep 1997 36-Month |
155.69" (3,954.53mm) | 148.16" (3,763.26mm) |
7.53" (191.27mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1927 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2020 | ||||
|
Oct 1993–Sep 1997 48-Month |
206.85" (5,253.99mm) | 197.49" (5,016.25mm) |
9.36" (237.74mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1988 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2021 | ||||
|
Oct 1992–Sep 1997 60-Month |
256.70" (6,520.18mm) | 246.79" (6,268.47mm) |
9.91" (251.71mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1954 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 22, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/