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 November 2019. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Pennsylvania
Precipitation Rankings, December 2008
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2018) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2008 1-Month |
5.57" (141.48mm) | 3.11" (78.99mm) |
2.46" (62.49mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1955 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1990 | 1990 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2008 2-Month |
7.87" (199.90mm) | 6.29" (159.77mm) |
1.58" (40.13mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1917 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1972 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 2008 3-Month |
10.58" (268.73mm) | 9.46" (240.28mm) |
1.12" (28.45mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1924 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1927 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2008 4-Month |
14.74" (374.40mm) | 13.04" (331.22mm) |
1.70" (43.18mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1908 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1999 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 2008 5-Month |
17.34" (440.44mm) | 16.91" (429.51mm) |
0.43" (10.93mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2008 6-Month |
21.77" (552.96mm) | 21.10" (535.94mm) |
0.67" (17.02mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1930 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 2008 7-Month |
25.89" (657.61mm) | 25.27" (641.86mm) |
0.62" (15.75mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1930 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2008 8-Month |
30.07" (763.78mm) | 29.19" (741.43mm) |
0.88" (22.35mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2008 9-Month |
33.20" (843.28mm) | 32.84" (834.14mm) |
0.36" (9.14mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1930 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2008 10-Month |
38.58" (979.93mm) | 36.33" (922.78mm) |
2.25" (57.15mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2008 11-Month |
43.79" (1,112.27mm) | 38.93" (988.82mm) |
4.86" (123.45mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2008 12-Month |
45.82" (1,163.83mm) | 41.98" (1,066.29mm) |
3.84" (97.54mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 2007–Dec 2008 18-Month |
69.93" (1,776.22mm) | 63.09" (1,602.49mm) |
6.84" (173.73mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1931 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan 2007–Dec 2008 24-Month |
89.94" (2,284.48mm) | 83.92" (2,131.57mm) |
6.02" (152.91mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1931 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan 2006–Dec 2008 36-Month |
137.51" (3,492.75mm) | 125.86" (3,196.84mm) |
11.65" (295.91mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1965 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2004 | ||||
|
Jan 2005–Dec 2008 48-Month |
180.48" (4,584.19mm) | 167.85" (4,263.39mm) |
12.63" (320.80mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1966 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2006 | ||||
|
Jan 2004–Dec 2008 60-Month |
234.38" (5,953.25mm) | 209.87" (5,330.70mm) |
24.51" (622.55mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1966 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2007 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published December 2019, retrieved on December 11, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/