Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Tennessee
Precipitation Rankings, December 1948
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1948 1-Month |
5.95" (151.13mm) | 4.95" (125.73mm) |
1.00" (25.40mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1990 | ||||
| Ties: 1904 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1948 2-Month |
16.43" (417.32mm) | 9.00" (228.60mm) |
7.43" (188.72mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1917 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1948 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1948 3-Month |
18.61" (472.69mm) | 12.03" (305.56mm) |
6.58" (167.13mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1926 | 1990 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1948 4-Month |
21.76" (552.70mm) | 15.43" (391.92mm) |
6.33" (160.78mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1939 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1926 | 1957 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1948 5-Month |
23.83" (605.28mm) | 19.28" (489.71mm) |
4.55" (115.57mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1953 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 1926 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1948 6-Month |
28.75" (730.25mm) | 23.66" (600.96mm) |
5.09" (129.29mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1939 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 1972 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1948 7-Month |
32.01" (813.05mm) | 27.89" (708.41mm) |
4.12" (104.64mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1953 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 1926 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1948 8-Month |
34.92" (886.97mm) | 32.34" (821.44mm) |
2.58" (65.53mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1913 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2009 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1948 9-Month |
37.78" (959.61mm) | 36.85" (935.99mm) |
0.93" (23.62mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1930 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1979 | ||||
| Ties: 1901, 1992 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1948 10-Month |
44.82" (1,138.43mm) | 42.30" (1,074.42mm) |
2.52" (64.01mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1930 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1948 11-Month |
53.56" (1,360.42mm) | 46.75" (1,187.45mm) |
6.81" (172.97mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 2007 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1929 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1948 12-Month |
57.73" (1,466.34mm) | 51.64" (1,311.66mm) |
6.09" (154.68mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1941 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1982 | ||||||
|
Jul 1947–Dec 1948 18-Month |
76.07" (1,932.18mm) | 75.36" (1,914.14mm) |
0.71" (18.04mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1941 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan 1947–Dec 1948 24-Month |
101.96" (2,589.78mm) | 103.36" (2,625.34mm) |
-1.40" (-35.56mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1941 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1946–Dec 1948 36-Month |
156.22" (3,967.99mm) | 155.12" (3,940.05mm) |
1.10" (27.94mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1943 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1945–Dec 1948 48-Month |
213.75" (5,429.25mm) | 206.81" (5,252.97mm) |
6.94" (176.28mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1943 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1929 | 1975 | ||||
|
Jan 1944–Dec 1948 60-Month |
267.75" (6,800.85mm) | 258.46" (6,564.88mm) |
9.29" (235.97mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1943 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 1975 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published October 2020, retrieved on October 28, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/