Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Texas
Precipitation Rankings, December 1988
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Amomaly | Rank (1895-2018) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1988 1-Month |
1.37" (34.80mm) | 1.78" (45.21mm) |
-0.41" (-10.41mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1917 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1991 | ||||
| Ties: 1961 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1988 2-Month |
2.26" (57.40mm) | 3.63" (92.20mm) |
-1.37" (-34.80mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1950 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1940 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1988 3-Month |
3.43" (87.12mm) | 6.16" (156.46mm) |
-2.73" (-69.34mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1950 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1988 4-Month |
6.95" (176.53mm) | 9.09" (230.89mm) |
-2.14" (-54.36mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1979 | 1917 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1988 5-Month |
8.61" (218.69mm) | 11.41" (289.81mm) |
-2.80" (-71.12mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1917 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1988 6-Month |
11.93" (303.02mm) | 13.74" (349.00mm) |
-1.81" (-45.98mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1956 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1988 7-Month |
14.38" (365.25mm) | 16.60" (421.64mm) |
-2.22" (-56.39mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1917 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1919 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1988 8-Month |
16.36" (415.54mm) | 19.97" (507.24mm) |
-3.61" (-91.70mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1917 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1919 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1988 9-Month |
17.84" (453.14mm) | 22.33" (567.18mm) |
-4.49" (-114.04mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1917 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1988 10-Month |
19.51" (495.55mm) | 23.99" (609.35mm) |
-4.48" (-113.80mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1963 | 1956 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1988 11-Month |
20.37" (517.40mm) | 25.59" (649.99mm) |
-5.22" (-132.59mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1963 | 2011 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1988 12-Month |
20.96" (532.38mm) | 27.08" (687.83mm) |
-6.12" (-155.45mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1963 | 1917 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jul 1987–Dec 1988 18-Month |
34.07" (865.38mm) | 40.86" (1,037.84mm) |
-6.79" (-172.46mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1964 | 1917 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jan 1987–Dec 1988 24-Month |
51.32" (1,303.53mm) | 54.23" (1,377.44mm) |
-2.91" (-73.91mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1917 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jan 1986–Dec 1988 36-Month |
84.85" (2,155.19mm) | 81.41" (2,067.81mm) |
3.44" (87.38mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1956 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jan 1985–Dec 1988 48-Month |
114.73" (2,914.14mm) | 108.56" (2,757.42mm) |
6.17" (156.72mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1956 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan 1984–Dec 1988 60-Month |
140.91" (3,579.11mm) | 135.60" (3,444.24mm) |
5.31" (134.87mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1956 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2018 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published September 2019, retrieved on September 21, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/