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 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Rhode Island
Precipitation Rankings, December 1938
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1938 1-Month |
3.71" (94.23mm) | 4.17" (105.92mm) |
-0.46" (-11.69mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1955 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 1901 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1938 2-Month |
7.15" (181.61mm) | 8.32" (211.33mm) |
-1.17" (-29.72mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 2001 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1969 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1938 3-Month |
10.19" (258.83mm) | 11.82" (300.23mm) |
-1.63" (-41.40mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 1924 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2005 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1938 4-Month |
17.81" (452.37mm) | 15.43" (391.92mm) |
2.38" (60.45mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1946 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1981 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1938 5-Month |
21.30" (541.02mm) | 19.48" (494.79mm) |
1.82" (46.23mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 1965 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1945 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1938 6-Month |
28.26" (717.80mm) | 22.73" (577.34mm) |
5.53" (140.46mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1938 7-Month |
35.60" (904.24mm) | 26.05" (661.67mm) |
9.55" (242.57mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1927 | 1927 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1938 8-Month |
39.82" (1,011.43mm) | 29.50" (749.30mm) |
10.32" (262.13mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1927 | 1972 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1938 9-Month |
42.71" (1,084.83mm) | 33.56" (852.42mm) |
9.15" (232.41mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1927 | 1972 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1938 10-Month |
45.26" (1,149.60mm) | 37.77" (959.36mm) |
7.49" (190.24mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1927 | 1972 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1938 11-Month |
48.00" (1,219.20mm) | 41.21" (1,046.73mm) |
6.79" (172.47mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1927 | 1972 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1938 12-Month |
52.64" (1,337.06mm) | 45.15" (1,146.81mm) |
7.49" (190.25mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 1972 | ||||
|
Jul 1937–Dec 1938 18-Month |
76.36" (1,939.54mm) | 67.87" (1,723.90mm) |
8.49" (215.64mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1965 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1937–Dec 1938 24-Month |
98.61" (2,504.69mm) | 90.28" (2,293.11mm) |
8.33" (211.58mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1966 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1936–Dec 1938 36-Month |
152.99" (3,885.95mm) | 135.39" (3,438.91mm) |
17.60" (447.04mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1966 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1899 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1954 | ||||||
|
Jan 1935–Dec 1938 48-Month |
191.54" (4,865.12mm) | 180.53" (4,585.46mm) |
11.01" (279.66mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1966 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 1934–Dec 1938 60-Month |
235.40" (5,979.16mm) | 225.76" (5,734.30mm) |
9.64" (244.86mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1966 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2020, retrieved on February 21, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/