Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Rhode Island
Precipitation Rankings, August 1968
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1968 1-Month |
1.68" (42.67mm) | 4.05" (102.87mm) |
-2.37" (-60.20mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1984 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1968 2-Month |
3.07" (77.98mm) | 7.31" (185.67mm) |
-4.24" (-107.69mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1907 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1927 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1968 3-Month |
8.75" (222.25mm) | 10.62" (269.75mm) |
-1.87" (-47.50mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1949 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1922 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1968 4-Month |
12.58" (319.53mm) | 14.07" (357.38mm) |
-1.49" (-37.85mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1944 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1968 5-Month |
14.27" (362.46mm) | 18.13" (460.50mm) |
-3.86" (-98.04mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1999 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1968 6-Month |
22.16" (562.86mm) | 22.34" (567.44mm) |
-0.18" (-4.58mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1965 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1998 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1968 7-Month |
23.43" (595.12mm) | 25.78" (654.81mm) |
-2.35" (-59.69mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1957 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1968 8-Month |
26.77" (679.96mm) | 29.72" (754.89mm) |
-2.95" (-74.93mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1957 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1967–Aug 1968 9-Month |
33.61" (853.69mm) | 33.88" (860.55mm) |
-0.27" (-6.86mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1944 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1967–Aug 1968 10-Month |
36.93" (938.02mm) | 38.03" (965.96mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1944 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1961 | ||||||
|
Oct 1967–Aug 1968 11-Month |
38.89" (987.81mm) | 41.56" (1,055.62mm) |
-2.67" (-67.81mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1966 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1967–Aug 1968 12-Month |
42.44" (1,077.98mm) | 45.16" (1,147.06mm) |
-2.72" (-69.08mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1966 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1967–Aug 1968 18-Month |
70.46" (1,789.68mm) | 67.43" (1,712.72mm) |
3.03" (76.96mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1966 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1966–Aug 1968 24-Month |
89.94" (2,284.48mm) | 90.23" (2,291.84mm) |
-0.29" (-7.36mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1966 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1965–Aug 1968 36-Month |
121.10" (3,075.94mm) | 135.44" (3,440.18mm) |
-14.34" (-364.24mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1966 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1964 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1964–Aug 1968 48-Month |
154.16" (3,915.66mm) | 180.62" (4,587.75mm) |
-26.46" (-672.09mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1966 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 1963–Aug 1968 60-Month |
192.98" (4,901.69mm) | 225.77" (5,734.56mm) |
-32.79" (-832.87mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1966 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2010 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 2, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/