Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Tennessee
Precipitation Rankings, December 1997
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1997 1-Month |
3.41" (86.61mm) | 4.95" (125.73mm) |
-1.54" (-39.12mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1965 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1990 | ||||
| Ties: 1994 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1997 2-Month |
6.42" (163.07mm) | 9.00" (228.60mm) |
-2.58" (-65.53mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1917 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1948 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1997 3-Month |
9.57" (243.08mm) | 12.03" (305.56mm) |
-2.46" (-62.48mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1965 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1990 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1997 4-Month |
14.17" (359.92mm) | 15.43" (391.92mm) |
-1.26" (-32.00mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1939 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1957 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1997 5-Month |
17.90" (454.66mm) | 19.28" (489.71mm) |
-1.38" (-35.05mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1953 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1926 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1997 6-Month |
20.50" (520.70mm) | 23.66" (600.96mm) |
-3.16" (-80.26mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1939 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1972 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1997 7-Month |
28.06" (712.72mm) | 27.89" (708.41mm) |
0.17" (4.31mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1953 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1926 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1997 8-Month |
33.39" (848.11mm) | 32.34" (821.44mm) |
1.05" (26.67mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1913 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2009 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1997 9-Month |
37.56" (954.02mm) | 36.85" (935.99mm) |
0.71" (18.03mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1930 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1979 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1997 10-Month |
46.78" (1,188.21mm) | 42.30" (1,074.42mm) |
4.48" (113.79mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1930 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1997 11-Month |
51.54" (1,309.12mm) | 46.75" (1,187.45mm) |
4.79" (121.67mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 2007 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1997 12-Month |
56.51" (1,435.35mm) | 51.64" (1,311.66mm) |
4.87" (123.69mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1941 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 1996–Dec 1997 18-Month |
88.13" (2,238.50mm) | 75.36" (1,914.14mm) |
12.77" (324.36mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1941 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan 1996–Dec 1997 24-Month |
116.58" (2,961.13mm) | 103.36" (2,625.34mm) |
13.22" (335.79mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1941 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1995–Dec 1997 36-Month |
168.73" (4,285.74mm) | 155.12" (3,940.05mm) |
13.61" (345.69mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1943 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 1994–Dec 1997 48-Month |
230.64" (5,858.26mm) | 206.81" (5,252.97mm) |
23.83" (605.29mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1943 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 1993–Dec 1997 60-Month |
278.89" (7,083.81mm) | 258.46" (6,564.88mm) |
20.43" (518.93mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1943 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 26, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/