Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, February 1989
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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February 1989 1-Month |
3.50" (88.90mm) | 3.02" (76.71mm) |
0.48" (12.19mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1968 |
41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 1897 | ||||
Jan–Feb 1989 2-Month |
5.60" (142.24mm) | 6.37" (161.80mm) |
-0.77" (-19.56mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1977 |
77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1998 | ||||
Dec 1988–Feb 1989 3-Month |
6.80" (172.72mm) | 9.59" (243.59mm) |
-2.79" (-70.87mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1981 |
111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 1937 | ||||
Nov 1988–Feb 1989 4-Month |
11.02" (279.91mm) | 12.46" (316.48mm) |
-1.44" (-36.57mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 2002 |
82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2010 | ||||
Oct 1988–Feb 1989 5-Month |
13.16" (334.26mm) | 15.61" (396.49mm) |
-2.45" (-62.23mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 2002 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2019 | ||||
Sep 1988–Feb 1989 6-Month |
16.03" (407.16mm) | 19.14" (486.16mm) |
-3.11" (-79.00mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 2002 |
98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1988–Feb 1989 7-Month |
19.71" (500.63mm) | 23.47" (596.14mm) |
-3.76" (-95.51mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1931 |
100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 1988–Feb 1989 8-Month |
24.29" (616.97mm) | 27.98" (710.69mm) |
-3.69" (-93.72mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1931 |
102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 2009 | ||||||
Jun 1988–Feb 1989 9-Month |
26.69" (677.93mm) | 31.95" (811.53mm) |
-5.26" (-133.60mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1931 |
112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2019 | ||||
May 1988–Feb 1989 10-Month |
31.24" (793.50mm) | 35.78" (908.81mm) |
-4.54" (-115.31mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1931 |
107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2019 | ||||
Apr 1988–Feb 1989 11-Month |
34.07" (865.38mm) | 39.13" (993.90mm) |
-5.06" (-128.52mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1931 |
110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2019 | ||||
Mar 1988–Feb 1989 12-Month |
35.94" (912.88mm) | 42.91" (1,089.91mm) |
-6.97" (-177.03mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1931 |
117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2019 | ||||
Sep 1987–Feb 1989 18-Month |
56.22" (1,427.99mm) | 62.01" (1,575.05mm) |
-5.79" (-147.06mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1931 |
107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2004 | ||||
Mar 1987–Feb 1989 24-Month |
78.08" (1,983.23mm) | 85.84" (2,180.34mm) |
-7.76" (-197.11mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1932 |
110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2019 | ||||
Mar 1986–Feb 1989 36-Month |
116.29" (2,953.77mm) | 128.87" (3,273.30mm) |
-12.58" (-319.53mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1966 |
112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2005 | ||||
Mar 1985–Feb 1989 48-Month |
158.69" (4,030.73mm) | 171.82" (4,364.23mm) |
-13.13" (-333.50mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1969 |
110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2019 | ||||
Mar 1984–Feb 1989 60-Month |
203.22" (5,161.79mm) | 214.67" (5,452.62mm) |
-11.45" (-290.83mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1968 |
106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1988 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published December 2019, retrieved on December 11, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/