Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, April 1947
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
April 1947 1-Month |
2.67" (67.82mm) | 3.37" (85.60mm) |
-0.70" (-17.78mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1942 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1987 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 1947 2-Month |
5.10" (129.54mm) | 7.15" (181.61mm) |
-2.05" (-52.07mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1985 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 1947 3-Month |
6.65" (168.91mm) | 10.17" (258.32mm) |
-3.52" (-89.41mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1976 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 1947 4-Month |
11.84" (300.74mm) | 13.52" (343.41mm) |
-1.68" (-42.67mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1986 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1946–Apr 1947 5-Month |
14.04" (356.62mm) | 16.74" (425.20mm) |
-2.70" (-68.58mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1986 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1946–Apr 1947 6-Month |
15.95" (405.13mm) | 19.61" (498.09mm) |
-3.66" (-92.96mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1981 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1998 | ||||
|
Oct 1946–Apr 1947 7-Month |
18.51" (470.15mm) | 22.76" (578.10mm) |
-4.25" (-107.95mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 2001 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1946–Apr 1947 8-Month |
21.58" (548.13mm) | 26.29" (667.77mm) |
-4.71" (-119.64mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1942 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1946–Apr 1947 9-Month |
24.99" (634.75mm) | 30.62" (777.75mm) |
-5.63" (-143.00mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1942 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1946–Apr 1947 10-Month |
30.37" (771.40mm) | 35.13" (892.30mm) |
-4.76" (-120.90mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1931 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1946–Apr 1947 11-Month |
33.95" (862.33mm) | 39.10" (993.14mm) |
-5.15" (-130.81mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1931 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1946–Apr 1947 12-Month |
40.27" (1,022.86mm) | 42.93" (1,090.42mm) |
-2.66" (-67.56mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1931 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1945–Apr 1947 18-Month |
60.00" (1,524.00mm) | 62.53" (1,588.26mm) |
-2.53" (-64.26mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1931 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1945–Apr 1947 24-Month |
88.52" (2,248.41mm) | 85.83" (2,180.08mm) |
2.69" (68.33mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1931 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1921 | ||||||
|
May 1944–Apr 1947 36-Month |
129.00" (3,276.60mm) | 128.89" (3,273.81mm) |
0.11" (2.79mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1966 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1943–Apr 1947 48-Month |
170.04" (4,319.02mm) | 171.85" (4,364.99mm) |
-1.81" (-45.97mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1967 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1942–Apr 1947 60-Month |
220.92" (5,611.37mm) | 214.71" (5,453.63mm) |
6.21" (157.74mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1969 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 21, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/