Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Texas
Precipitation Rankings, February 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
February 1979 1-Month |
1.76" (44.70mm) | 1.60" (40.64mm) |
0.16" (4.06mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1916 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1903 | ||||
|
Jan–Feb 1979 2-Month |
4.22" (107.19mm) | 3.08" (78.23mm) |
1.14" (28.96mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1996 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1992 | ||||
|
Dec 1978–Feb 1979 3-Month |
5.47" (138.94mm) | 4.85" (123.19mm) |
0.62" (15.75mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 2009 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1992 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Feb 1979 4-Month |
8.63" (219.20mm) | 6.67" (169.42mm) |
1.96" (49.78mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1971 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1992 | ||||
|
Oct 1978–Feb 1979 5-Month |
9.80" (248.92mm) | 9.19" (233.43mm) |
0.61" (15.49mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1992 | ||||
| Ties: 1906 | ||||||
|
Sep 1978–Feb 1979 6-Month |
14.40" (365.76mm) | 12.16" (308.86mm) |
2.24" (56.90mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1992 | ||||
| Ties: 1947 | ||||||
|
Aug 1978–Feb 1979 7-Month |
17.27" (438.66mm) | 14.49" (368.05mm) |
2.78" (70.61mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1992 | ||||
|
Jul 1978–Feb 1979 8-Month |
18.61" (472.69mm) | 16.86" (428.24mm) |
1.75" (44.45mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1992 | ||||
|
Jun 1978–Feb 1979 9-Month |
21.58" (548.13mm) | 19.70" (500.38mm) |
1.88" (47.75mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1992 | ||||
|
May 1978–Feb 1979 10-Month |
24.61" (625.09mm) | 23.08" (586.23mm) |
1.53" (38.86mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1992 | ||||
|
Apr 1978–Feb 1979 11-Month |
25.68" (652.27mm) | 25.47" (646.94mm) |
0.21" (5.33mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1992 | ||||
|
Mar 1978–Feb 1979 12-Month |
26.52" (673.61mm) | 27.14" (689.36mm) |
-0.62" (-15.75mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1918 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1977–Feb 1979 18-Month |
35.42" (899.67mm) | 39.36" (999.74mm) |
-3.94" (-100.07mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1918 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1920 | ||||
|
Mar 1977–Feb 1979 24-Month |
49.66" (1,261.36mm) | 54.32" (1,379.73mm) |
-4.66" (-118.37mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1918 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2017 | ||||
|
Mar 1976–Feb 1979 36-Month |
82.28" (2,089.91mm) | 81.49" (2,069.85mm) |
0.79" (20.06mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1957 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2018 | ||||
|
Mar 1975–Feb 1979 48-Month |
107.20" (2,722.88mm) | 108.56" (2,757.42mm) |
-1.36" (-34.54mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1957 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1974–Feb 1979 60-Month |
139.83" (3,551.68mm) | 135.54" (3,442.72mm) |
4.29" (108.96mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1957 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2020, retrieved on February 22, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/