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 December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
South Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, September 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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September 2016 1-Month |
6.83" (173.48mm) | 4.24" (107.70mm) |
2.59" (65.78mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2005 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1924 | ||||
| Ties: 1999 | ||||||
|
Aug–Sep 2016 2-Month |
10.67" (271.02mm) | 9.52" (241.81mm) |
1.15" (29.21mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 1928 | ||||
|
Jul–Sep 2016 3-Month |
14.45" (367.03mm) | 15.07" (382.78mm) |
-0.62" (-15.75mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1928 | ||||
|
Jun–Sep 2016 4-Month |
18.06" (458.72mm) | 19.75" (501.65mm) |
-1.69" (-42.93mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1954 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1928 | ||||
|
May–Sep 2016 5-Month |
23.64" (600.46mm) | 23.33" (592.58mm) |
0.31" (7.88mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1928 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 2016 6-Month |
26.04" (661.42mm) | 26.67" (677.42mm) |
-0.63" (-16.00mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1928 | ||||
| Ties: 2014 | ||||||
|
Mar–Sep 2016 7-Month |
28.25" (717.55mm) | 30.95" (786.13mm) |
-2.70" (-68.58mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1928 | ||||
|
Feb–Sep 2016 8-Month |
32.91" (835.91mm) | 34.85" (885.19mm) |
-1.94" (-49.28mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1928 | ||||
|
Jan–Sep 2016 9-Month |
35.74" (907.80mm) | 38.68" (982.47mm) |
-2.94" (-74.67mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1954 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1928 | ||||
|
Dec 2015–Sep 2016 10-Month |
42.44" (1,077.98mm) | 42.32" (1,074.93mm) |
0.12" (3.05mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1911 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1928 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Sep 2016 11-Month |
49.68" (1,261.87mm) | 44.93" (1,141.22mm) |
4.75" (120.65mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1911 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1928 | ||||
| Ties: 1987 | ||||||
|
Oct 2015–Sep 2016 12-Month |
61.85" (1,570.99mm) | 47.96" (1,218.18mm) |
13.89" (352.81mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1954 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1928 | ||||
|
Apr 2015–Sep 2016 18-Month |
85.60" (2,174.24mm) | 74.64" (1,895.86mm) |
10.96" (278.38mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2002 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1929 | ||||
|
Oct 2014–Sep 2016 24-Month |
106.59" (2,707.39mm) | 95.96" (2,437.38mm) |
10.63" (270.01mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2002 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1965 | ||||
|
Oct 2013–Sep 2016 36-Month |
153.01" (3,886.45mm) | 144.01" (3,657.85mm) |
9.00" (228.60mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2002 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1966 | ||||
|
Oct 2012–Sep 2016 48-Month |
207.59" (5,272.79mm) | 191.90" (4,874.26mm) |
15.69" (398.53mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2002 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1998 | ||||
|
Oct 2011–Sep 2016 60-Month |
250.64" (6,366.26mm) | 239.78" (6,090.41mm) |
10.86" (275.85mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1954 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 24, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/