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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Rhode Island
Precipitation Rankings, July 1972
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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July 1972 1-Month |
3.16" (80.26mm) | 3.26" (82.80mm) |
-0.10" (-2.54mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1952 |
67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2009 | ||||
Ties: 2004 | ||||||
Jun–Jul 1972 2-Month |
11.22" (284.99mm) | 6.57" (166.88mm) |
4.65" (118.11mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1949 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2009 | ||||
May–Jul 1972 3-Month |
17.12" (434.85mm) | 10.02" (254.51mm) |
7.10" (180.34mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1957 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2006 | ||||
Apr–Jul 1972 4-Month |
21.11" (536.19mm) | 14.08" (357.63mm) |
7.03" (178.56mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1999 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1998 | ||||
Mar–Jul 1972 5-Month |
27.79" (705.87mm) | 18.29" (464.57mm) |
9.50" (241.30mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1915 |
4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1901 | 1998 | ||||
Feb–Jul 1972 6-Month |
33.33" (846.58mm) | 21.73" (551.94mm) |
11.60" (294.64mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1957 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
Jan–Jul 1972 7-Month |
35.65" (905.51mm) | 25.67" (652.02mm) |
9.98" (253.49mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1957 |
4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
Dec 1971–Jul 1972 8-Month |
38.39" (975.11mm) | 29.82" (757.43mm) |
8.57" (217.68mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1944 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1998 | ||||
Nov 1971–Jul 1972 9-Month |
44.20" (1,122.68mm) | 33.98" (863.09mm) |
10.22" (259.59mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1944 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1984 | ||||
Oct 1971–Jul 1972 10-Month |
47.82" (1,214.63mm) | 37.51" (952.75mm) |
10.31" (261.88mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
7th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1984 | ||||
Sep 1971–Jul 1972 11-Month |
50.01" (1,270.25mm) | 41.11" (1,044.19mm) |
8.90" (226.06mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
12th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1971–Jul 1972 12-Month |
52.98" (1,345.69mm) | 45.15" (1,146.81mm) |
7.83" (198.88mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
Feb 1971–Jul 1972 18-Month |
73.31" (1,862.07mm) | 66.85" (1,697.99mm) |
6.46" (164.08mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1984 | ||||
Aug 1970–Jul 1972 24-Month |
95.45" (2,424.43mm) | 90.22" (2,291.59mm) |
5.23" (132.84mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2007 | ||||
Aug 1969–Jul 1972 36-Month |
145.16" (3,687.06mm) | 135.47" (3,440.94mm) |
9.69" (246.12mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2007 | ||||
Ties: 1920 | ||||||
Aug 1968–Jul 1972 48-Month |
185.57" (4,713.48mm) | 180.64" (4,588.26mm) |
4.93" (125.22mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2009 | ||||
Aug 1967–Jul 1972 60-Month |
230.13" (5,845.30mm) | 225.81" (5,735.57mm) |
4.32" (109.73mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 2010 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/