Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, August 1916
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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August 1916 1-Month |
3.17" (80.52mm) | 5.28" (134.11mm) |
-2.11" (-53.59mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1925 |
110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1949 | ||||
Ties: 1929 | ||||||
Jul–Aug 1916 2-Month |
17.58" (446.53mm) | 10.82" (274.83mm) |
6.76" (171.70mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1980 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1964 | ||||
Jun–Aug 1916 3-Month |
23.08" (586.23mm) | 15.50" (393.70mm) |
7.58" (192.53mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1954 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2013 | ||||
May–Aug 1916 4-Month |
25.53" (648.46mm) | 19.08" (484.63mm) |
6.45" (163.83mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1925 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1906 | 2013 | ||||
Apr–Aug 1916 5-Month |
27.34" (694.44mm) | 22.42" (569.47mm) |
4.92" (124.97mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1925 |
15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1908 | 2013 | ||||
Mar–Aug 1916 6-Month |
29.32" (744.73mm) | 26.70" (678.18mm) |
2.62" (66.55mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1925 |
31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1912 | 2003 | ||||
Ties: 1949 | ||||||
Feb–Aug 1916 7-Month |
33.16" (842.26mm) | 30.60" (777.24mm) |
2.56" (65.02mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1925 |
36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1912 | 1964 | ||||
Jan–Aug 1916 8-Month |
34.97" (888.24mm) | 34.43" (874.52mm) |
0.54" (13.72mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1954 |
53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1964 | ||||
Dec 1915–Aug 1916 9-Month |
38.26" (971.80mm) | 38.08" (967.23mm) |
0.18" (4.57mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1911 |
52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1964 | ||||
Nov 1915–Aug 1916 10-Month |
40.67" (1,033.02mm) | 40.69" (1,033.53mm) |
-0.02" (-0.51mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1911 |
54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1964 | ||||
Oct 1915–Aug 1916 11-Month |
45.62" (1,158.75mm) | 43.72" (1,110.49mm) |
1.90" (48.26mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 2002 |
41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1991 | ||||
Sep 1915–Aug 1916 12-Month |
48.19" (1,224.03mm) | 47.91" (1,216.91mm) |
0.28" (7.12mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1911 |
49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1964 | ||||
Mar 1915–Aug 1916 18-Month |
75.07" (1,906.78mm) | 74.68" (1,896.87mm) |
0.39" (9.91mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 2002 |
57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 1965 | ||||
Sep 1914–Aug 1916 24-Month |
100.16" (2,544.06mm) | 95.87" (2,435.10mm) |
4.29" (108.96mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 2002 |
37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 1965 | ||||
Sep 1913–Aug 1916 36-Month |
144.32" (3,665.73mm) | 143.91" (3,655.31mm) |
0.41" (10.42mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1956 |
54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1914 | 1966 | ||||
Sep 1912–Aug 1916 48-Month |
191.93" (4,875.02mm) | 191.77" (4,870.96mm) |
0.16" (4.06mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1956 |
57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1949 | ||||
Sep 1911–Aug 1916 60-Month |
249.85" (6,346.19mm) | 239.63" (6,086.60mm) |
10.22" (259.59mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1957 |
25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2020 |
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/