Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Rhode Island
Precipitation Rankings, August 1959
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1959 1-Month |
3.11" (78.99mm) | 4.05" (102.87mm) |
-0.94" (-23.88mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1984 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1959 2-Month |
8.60" (218.44mm) | 7.31" (185.67mm) |
1.29" (32.77mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1907 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1927 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1959 3-Month |
14.31" (363.47mm) | 10.62" (269.75mm) |
3.69" (93.72mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1949 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1922 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1959 4-Month |
16.05" (407.67mm) | 14.07" (357.38mm) |
1.98" (50.29mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1944 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1959 5-Month |
20.04" (509.02mm) | 18.13" (460.50mm) |
1.91" (48.52mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1999 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1959 6-Month |
25.94" (658.88mm) | 22.34" (567.44mm) |
3.60" (91.44mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1965 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1998 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1959 7-Month |
29.23" (742.44mm) | 25.78" (654.81mm) |
3.45" (87.63mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1957 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1959 8-Month |
31.62" (803.15mm) | 29.72" (754.89mm) |
1.90" (48.26mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1957 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1958–Aug 1959 9-Month |
33.31" (846.07mm) | 33.88" (860.55mm) |
-0.57" (-14.48mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1944 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1958–Aug 1959 10-Month |
36.46" (926.08mm) | 38.03" (965.96mm) |
-1.57" (-39.88mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1944 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1998 | ||||
|
Oct 1958–Aug 1959 11-Month |
39.88" (1,012.95mm) | 41.56" (1,055.62mm) |
-1.68" (-42.67mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1966 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1958–Aug 1959 12-Month |
44.92" (1,140.97mm) | 45.16" (1,147.06mm) |
-0.24" (-6.09mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1966 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1958–Aug 1959 18-Month |
73.19" (1,859.03mm) | 67.43" (1,712.72mm) |
5.76" (146.31mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1966 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1957–Aug 1959 24-Month |
98.43" (2,500.12mm) | 90.23" (2,291.84mm) |
8.20" (208.28mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1966 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1956–Aug 1959 36-Month |
132.10" (3,355.34mm) | 135.44" (3,440.18mm) |
-3.34" (-84.84mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1966 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1955–Aug 1959 48-Month |
178.60" (4,536.44mm) | 180.62" (4,587.75mm) |
-2.02" (-51.31mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1966 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 1954–Aug 1959 60-Month |
232.57" (5,907.28mm) | 225.77" (5,734.56mm) |
6.80" (172.72mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1966 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2010 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 5, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/