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 January 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Tennessee
Precipitation Rankings, March 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
March 2016 1-Month |
5.16" (131.06mm) | 5.45" (138.43mm) |
-0.29" (-7.37mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1910 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1975 | ||||
|
Feb–Mar 2016 2-Month |
10.95" (278.13mm) | 9.90" (251.46mm) |
1.05" (26.67mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1941 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1975 | ||||
|
Jan–Mar 2016 3-Month |
13.71" (348.23mm) | 14.79" (375.67mm) |
-1.08" (-27.44mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1941 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1950 | ||||
| Ties: 1896 | ||||||
|
Dec 2015–Mar 2016 4-Month |
21.61" (548.89mm) | 19.73" (501.14mm) |
1.88" (47.75mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1986 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1950 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Mar 2016 5-Month |
27.99" (710.95mm) | 23.79" (604.27mm) |
4.20" (106.68mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1941 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 1962 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–Mar 2016 6-Month |
31.95" (811.53mm) | 26.86" (682.24mm) |
5.09" (129.29mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1941 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Mar 2016 7-Month |
34.68" (880.87mm) | 30.26" (768.60mm) |
4.42" (112.27mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1941 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2015–Mar 2016 8-Month |
39.21" (995.93mm) | 34.11" (866.39mm) |
5.10" (129.54mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1941 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2015–Mar 2016 9-Month |
45.69" (1,160.53mm) | 38.51" (978.15mm) |
7.18" (182.38mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1941 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–Mar 2016 10-Month |
50.45" (1,281.43mm) | 42.80" (1,087.12mm) |
7.65" (194.31mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2015–Mar 2016 11-Month |
54.13" (1,374.90mm) | 47.22" (1,199.39mm) |
6.91" (175.51mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1941 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2015–Mar 2016 12-Month |
60.09" (1,526.29mm) | 51.72" (1,313.69mm) |
8.37" (212.60mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 2014–Mar 2016 18-Month |
87.69" (2,227.33mm) | 78.59" (1,996.19mm) |
9.10" (231.14mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1941 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2014–Mar 2016 24-Month |
114.58" (2,910.33mm) | 103.43" (2,627.12mm) |
11.15" (283.21mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1941 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2013–Mar 2016 36-Month |
173.04" (4,395.22mm) | 155.12" (3,940.05mm) |
17.92" (455.17mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1942 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2012–Mar 2016 48-Month |
223.91" (5,687.31mm) | 206.75" (5,251.45mm) |
17.16" (435.86mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1943 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1976 | ||||
|
Apr 2011–Mar 2016 60-Month |
284.79" (7,233.67mm) | 258.28" (6,560.31mm) |
26.51" (673.36mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1944 |
| 9th 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 27, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/