Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, December 1897
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1897 1-Month |
3.51" (89.15mm) | 3.22" (81.79mm) |
0.29" (7.36mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1965 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2009 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1897 2-Month |
6.38" (162.05mm) | 6.06" (153.92mm) |
0.32" (8.13mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1965 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2009 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1897 3-Month |
9.38" (238.25mm) | 9.18" (233.17mm) |
0.20" (5.08mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1965 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1964 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1897 4-Month |
10.30" (261.62mm) | 12.73" (323.34mm) |
-2.43" (-61.72mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 2001 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1897 5-Month |
13.05" (331.47mm) | 17.08" (433.83mm) |
-4.03" (-102.36mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1930 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1897 6-Month |
17.72" (450.09mm) | 21.61" (548.89mm) |
-3.89" (-98.80mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1930 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1897 7-Month |
21.16" (537.46mm) | 25.59" (649.99mm) |
-4.43" (-112.53mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1930 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1897 8-Month |
25.89" (657.61mm) | 29.42" (747.27mm) |
-3.53" (-89.66mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1930 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1899 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1897 9-Month |
28.36" (720.34mm) | 32.79" (832.87mm) |
-4.43" (-112.53mm) | 18th Driest | Driest to Date | 1930 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2018 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1897 10-Month |
32.47" (824.74mm) | 36.57" (928.88mm) |
-4.10" (-104.14mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1930 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2018 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1897 11-Month |
38.75" (984.25mm) | 39.59" (1,005.59mm) |
-0.84" (-21.34mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1930 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1897 12-Month |
40.71" (1,034.03mm) | 42.94" (1,090.68mm) |
-2.23" (-56.65mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1930 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 1896–Dec 1897 18-Month |
61.11" (1,552.19mm) | 64.55" (1,639.57mm) |
-3.44" (-87.38mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1930 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan 1896–Dec 1897 24-Month |
82.80" (2,103.12mm) | 85.88" (2,181.35mm) |
-3.08" (-78.23mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1931 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2004 | ||||
| Ties: 1951 | ||||||
|
Jan 1895–Dec 1897 36-Month |
121.56" (3,087.62mm) | 128.83" (3,272.28mm) |
-7.27" (-184.66mm) | 21st Driest | Driest to Date | 1965 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/