Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Precipitation Rankings, October 1983
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1983 1-Month |
1.18" (29.97mm) | 1.20" (30.48mm) |
-0.02" (-0.51mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1917 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1962 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1983 2-Month |
2.09" (53.09mm) | 1.65" (41.91mm) |
0.44" (11.18mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 2020 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1962 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1983 3-Month |
3.23" (82.04mm) | 1.89" (48.01mm) |
1.34" (34.03mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1995, 2002 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1962 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1983 4-Month |
3.33" (84.58mm) | 2.07" (52.58mm) |
1.26" (32.00mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 2002, 2020 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1962 | ||||
| Ties: 2010 | ||||||
|
Jun–Oct 1983 5-Month |
3.56" (90.42mm) | 2.42" (61.47mm) |
1.14" (28.95mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 2002 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1982 | ||||
| Ties: 1920 | ||||||
|
May–Oct 1983 6-Month |
4.09" (103.89mm) | 3.30" (83.82mm) |
0.79" (20.07mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 2002 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1957 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1983 7-Month |
7.21" (183.13mm) | 4.93" (125.22mm) |
2.28" (57.91mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 2002 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1963 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1983 8-Month |
16.23" (412.24mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
8.09" (205.48mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 2008 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1983 9-Month |
23.03" (584.96mm) | 11.99" (304.55mm) |
11.04" (280.41mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1966 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1983 10-Month |
28.96" (735.58mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
12.72" (323.08mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 2013 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1982–Oct 1983 11-Month |
33.88" (860.55mm) | 19.87" (504.70mm) |
14.01" (355.85mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1982–Oct 1983 12-Month |
38.93" (988.82mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
16.49" (418.84mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
May 1982–Oct 1983 18-Month |
44.34" (1,126.24mm) | 25.75" (654.05mm) |
18.59" (472.19mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1981–Oct 1983 24-Month |
71.56" (1,817.62mm) | 44.87" (1,139.70mm) |
26.69" (677.92mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1980–Oct 1983 36-Month |
90.44" (2,297.18mm) | 67.29" (1,709.17mm) |
23.15" (588.01mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 2014 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1979–Oct 1983 48-Month |
117.00" (2,971.80mm) | 89.47" (2,272.54mm) |
27.53" (699.26mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 2015 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Oct 1983 60-Month |
139.43" (3,541.52mm) | 111.65" (2,835.91mm) |
27.78" (705.61mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1991 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 20, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/