Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Texas
Precipitation Rankings, December 1953
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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December 1953 1-Month |
1.66" (42.16mm) | 1.78" (45.21mm) |
-0.12" (-3.05mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1917 |
55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1991 | ||||
Ties: 1930 | ||||||
Nov–Dec 1953 2-Month |
2.71" (68.83mm) | 3.63" (92.20mm) |
-0.92" (-23.37mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1950 |
82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1940 | ||||
Oct–Dec 1953 3-Month |
6.20" (157.48mm) | 6.16" (156.46mm) |
0.04" (1.02mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1950 |
54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2015 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1953 4-Month |
7.50" (190.50mm) | 9.09" (230.89mm) |
-1.59" (-40.39mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1917 |
84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2018 | ||||
Aug–Dec 1953 5-Month |
10.83" (275.08mm) | 11.41" (289.81mm) |
-0.58" (-14.73mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1917 |
72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2018 | ||||
Jul–Dec 1953 6-Month |
12.94" (328.68mm) | 13.74" (349.00mm) |
-0.80" (-20.32mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1956 |
78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2018 | ||||
Jun–Dec 1953 7-Month |
13.98" (355.09mm) | 16.60" (421.64mm) |
-2.62" (-66.55mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1917 |
99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1919 | ||||
May–Dec 1953 8-Month |
17.14" (435.36mm) | 19.97" (507.24mm) |
-2.83" (-71.88mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1917 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1919 | ||||
Apr–Dec 1953 9-Month |
19.35" (491.49mm) | 22.33" (567.18mm) |
-2.98" (-75.69mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1917 |
92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2015 | ||||
Mar–Dec 1953 10-Month |
21.01" (533.65mm) | 23.99" (609.35mm) |
-2.98" (-75.70mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1956 |
96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1950 | ||||||
Feb–Dec 1953 11-Month |
22.28" (565.91mm) | 25.59" (649.99mm) |
-3.31" (-84.08mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 2011 |
97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1941 | ||||
Jan–Dec 1953 12-Month |
22.85" (580.39mm) | 27.08" (687.83mm) |
-4.23" (-107.44mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1917 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2015 | ||||
Jul 1952–Dec 1953 18-Month |
32.80" (833.12mm) | 40.86" (1,037.84mm) |
-8.06" (-204.72mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1917 |
114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1941 | ||||
Jan 1952–Dec 1953 24-Month |
44.46" (1,129.28mm) | 54.23" (1,377.44mm) |
-9.77" (-248.16mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1917 |
112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2016 | ||||
Jan 1951–Dec 1953 36-Month |
64.81" (1,646.17mm) | 81.41" (2,067.81mm) |
-16.60" (-421.64mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1956 |
119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2017 | ||||
Jan 1950–Dec 1953 48-Month |
89.32" (2,268.73mm) | 108.56" (2,757.42mm) |
-19.24" (-488.69mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1956 |
118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2018 | ||||
Jan 1949–Dec 1953 60-Month |
122.33" (3,107.18mm) | 135.60" (3,444.24mm) |
-13.27" (-337.06mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1956 |
107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 21, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/