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, December 2020
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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December 2020 1-Month |
4.66" (118.36mm) | 4.95" (125.73mm) |
-0.29" (-7.37mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
64th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1990 | ||||
Nov–Dec 2020 2-Month |
6.62" (168.15mm) | 9.00" (228.60mm) |
-2.38" (-60.45mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1917 |
100th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1948 | ||||
Oct–Dec 2020 3-Month |
11.59" (294.39mm) | 12.03" (305.56mm) |
-0.44" (-11.17mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1965 |
66th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1990 | ||||
Sep–Dec 2020 4-Month |
15.97" (405.64mm) | 15.43" (391.92mm) |
0.54" (13.72mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1939 |
58th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1957 | ||||
Aug–Dec 2020 5-Month |
21.87" (555.50mm) | 19.28" (489.71mm) |
2.59" (65.79mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1953 |
36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1926 | ||||
Jul–Dec 2020 6-Month |
26.60" (675.64mm) | 23.66" (600.96mm) |
2.94" (74.68mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1939 |
37th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1972 | ||||
Jun–Dec 2020 7-Month |
30.46" (773.68mm) | 27.89" (708.41mm) |
2.57" (65.27mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1953 |
41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1926 | ||||
May–Dec 2020 8-Month |
35.02" (889.51mm) | 32.34" (821.44mm) |
2.68" (68.07mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1913 |
46th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2009 | ||||
Apr–Dec 2020 9-Month |
41.58" (1,056.13mm) | 36.85" (935.99mm) |
4.73" (120.14mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1930 |
33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1979 | ||||
Mar–Dec 2020 10-Month |
49.72" (1,262.89mm) | 42.30" (1,074.42mm) |
7.42" (188.47mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1973 | ||||
Feb–Dec 2020 11-Month |
58.90" (1,496.06mm) | 46.75" (1,187.45mm) |
12.15" (308.61mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 2007 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
Jan–Dec 2020 12-Month |
65.63" (1,667.00mm) | 51.64" (1,311.66mm) |
13.99" (355.34mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1941 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
Jul 2019–Dec 2020 18-Month |
94.42" (2,398.27mm) | 75.36" (1,914.14mm) |
19.06" (484.13mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1941 |
4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1973 | ||||
Jan 2019–Dec 2020 24-Month |
132.54" (3,366.52mm) | 103.36" (2,625.34mm) |
29.18" (741.18mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1941 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Jan 2018–Dec 2020 36-Month |
199.68" (5,071.87mm) | 155.12" (3,940.05mm) |
44.56" (1,131.82mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1943 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Jan 2017–Dec 2020 48-Month |
255.90" (6,499.86mm) | 206.81" (5,252.97mm) |
49.09" (1,246.89mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1943 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Jan 2016–Dec 2020 60-Month |
302.94" (7,694.68mm) | 258.46" (6,564.88mm) |
44.48" (1,129.80mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1943 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 4, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/