Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, August 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1979 1-Month |
4.40" (111.76mm) | 4.35" (110.49mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1930 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1979 2-Month |
8.46" (214.88mm) | 8.88" (225.55mm) |
-0.42" (-10.67mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1930 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1906 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1979 3-Month |
13.40" (340.36mm) | 12.86" (326.64mm) |
0.54" (13.72mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1906 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1979 4-Month |
17.79" (451.87mm) | 16.69" (423.93mm) |
1.10" (27.94mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1930 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2003 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1979 5-Month |
21.53" (546.86mm) | 20.06" (509.52mm) |
1.47" (37.34mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1930 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1901 | ||||
| Ties: 2019 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1979 6-Month |
25.18" (639.57mm) | 23.84" (605.54mm) |
1.34" (34.03mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1930 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1979 7-Month |
30.15" (765.81mm) | 26.86" (682.24mm) |
3.29" (83.57mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1979 8-Month |
36.33" (922.78mm) | 30.21" (767.33mm) |
6.12" (155.45mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2003 | ||||
|
Dec 1978–Aug 1979 9-Month |
40.50" (1,028.70mm) | 33.43" (849.12mm) |
7.07" (179.58mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1930 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2003 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Aug 1979 10-Month |
43.90" (1,115.06mm) | 36.29" (921.77mm) |
7.61" (193.29mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1930 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2003 | ||||
|
Oct 1978–Aug 1979 11-Month |
45.00" (1,143.00mm) | 39.45" (1,002.03mm) |
5.55" (140.97mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 2002 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2003 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–Aug 1979 12-Month |
46.45" (1,179.83mm) | 42.98" (1,091.69mm) |
3.47" (88.14mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 2002 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2003 | ||||
|
Mar 1978–Aug 1979 18-Month |
73.91" (1,877.31mm) | 66.75" (1,695.45mm) |
7.16" (181.86mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1977–Aug 1979 24-Month |
99.52" (2,527.81mm) | 85.85" (2,180.59mm) |
13.67" (347.22mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 2002 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2004 | ||||
|
Sep 1976–Aug 1979 36-Month |
138.96" (3,529.58mm) | 128.86" (3,273.04mm) |
10.10" (256.54mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1932 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2005 | ||||
|
Sep 1975–Aug 1979 48-Month |
179.12" (4,549.65mm) | 171.78" (4,363.21mm) |
7.34" (186.44mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1966 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1974–Aug 1979 60-Month |
226.54" (5,754.12mm) | 214.67" (5,452.62mm) |
11.87" (301.50mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1967 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2020, retrieved on January 17, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/