Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, December 1971
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1971 1-Month |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 3.22" (81.79mm) |
-1.92" (-48.77mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1965 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1947 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1971 2-Month |
4.05" (102.87mm) | 6.06" (153.92mm) |
-2.01" (-51.05mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1965 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2009 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1971 3-Month |
11.43" (290.32mm) | 9.18" (233.17mm) |
2.25" (57.15mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1965 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1971 4-Month |
15.37" (390.40mm) | 12.73" (323.34mm) |
2.64" (67.06mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 2001 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1966 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1989 | ||||||
|
Aug–Dec 1971 5-Month |
19.96" (506.98mm) | 17.08" (433.83mm) |
2.88" (73.15mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1930 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1971 6-Month |
23.91" (607.31mm) | 21.61" (548.89mm) |
2.30" (58.42mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1930 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1971 7-Month |
27.29" (693.17mm) | 25.59" (649.99mm) |
1.70" (43.18mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1930 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1971 8-Month |
35.13" (892.30mm) | 29.42" (747.27mm) |
5.71" (145.03mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1930 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1971 9-Month |
37.47" (951.74mm) | 32.79" (832.87mm) |
4.68" (118.87mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1930 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1907 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1971 10-Month |
40.16" (1,020.06mm) | 36.57" (928.88mm) |
3.59" (91.18mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1930 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2018 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1971 11-Month |
44.63" (1,133.60mm) | 39.59" (1,005.59mm) |
5.04" (128.01mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1930 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1971 12-Month |
47.44" (1,204.98mm) | 42.94" (1,090.68mm) |
4.50" (114.30mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1930 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 1970–Dec 1971 18-Month |
68.25" (1,733.55mm) | 64.55" (1,639.57mm) |
3.70" (93.98mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1930 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2003 | ||||
| Ties: 2014 | ||||||
|
Jan 1970–Dec 1971 24-Month |
84.44" (2,144.78mm) | 85.88" (2,181.35mm) |
-1.44" (-36.57mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1931 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 2004 | ||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1971 36-Month |
126.30" (3,208.02mm) | 128.83" (3,272.28mm) |
-2.53" (-64.26mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1965 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 1968–Dec 1971 48-Month |
161.91" (4,112.51mm) | 171.77" (4,362.96mm) |
-9.86" (-250.45mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1966 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1964 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jan 1967–Dec 1971 60-Month |
200.92" (5,103.37mm) | 214.74" (5,454.40mm) |
-13.82" (-351.03mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1967 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1964 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 19, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/