Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Wisconsin
Precipitation Rankings, August 1978
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1978 1-Month |
4.71" (119.63mm) | 3.78" (96.01mm) |
0.93" (23.62mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1930 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1980 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1978 2-Month |
11.48" (291.59mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
3.90" (99.06mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1930 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1978 3-Month |
15.95" (405.13mm) | 11.75" (298.45mm) |
4.20" (106.68mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1910 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2010 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1978 4-Month |
19.99" (507.75mm) | 15.29" (388.37mm) |
4.70" (119.38mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1976 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2010 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1978 5-Month |
23.57" (598.68mm) | 17.92" (455.17mm) |
5.65" (143.51mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1988 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1978 6-Month |
23.95" (608.33mm) | 19.72" (500.89mm) |
4.23" (107.44mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1910 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1978 7-Month |
24.27" (616.46mm) | 20.75" (527.05mm) |
3.52" (89.41mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1910 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1938 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1978 8-Month |
25.16" (639.06mm) | 21.89" (556.01mm) |
3.27" (83.05mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1910 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2017 | ||||
|
Dec 1977–Aug 1978 9-Month |
26.92" (683.77mm) | 23.16" (588.26mm) |
3.76" (95.51mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2017 | ||||
|
Nov 1977–Aug 1978 10-Month |
29.48" (748.79mm) | 25.14" (638.56mm) |
4.34" (110.23mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1977–Aug 1978 11-Month |
32.00" (812.80mm) | 27.58" (700.53mm) |
4.42" (112.27mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1977–Aug 1978 12-Month |
36.51" (927.35mm) | 31.35" (796.29mm) |
5.16" (131.06mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1977–Aug 1978 18-Month |
59.89" (1,521.21mm) | 51.04" (1,296.42mm) |
8.85" (224.79mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2017 | ||||
|
Sep 1976–Aug 1978 24-Month |
64.04" (1,626.62mm) | 62.69" (1,592.33mm) |
1.35" (34.29mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1931 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1975–Aug 1978 36-Month |
91.07" (2,313.18mm) | 94.00" (2,387.60mm) |
-2.93" (-74.42mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1958 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1974–Aug 1978 48-Month |
121.83" (3,094.48mm) | 125.25" (3,181.35mm) |
-3.42" (-86.87mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1934 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1973–Aug 1978 60-Month |
153.54" (3,899.92mm) | 156.50" (3,975.10mm) |
-2.96" (-75.18mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1934 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 19, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/