Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Colorado
Precipitation Rankings, January 1972
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1972 1-Month |
0.69" (17.53mm) | 1.06" (26.92mm) |
-0.37" (-9.39mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1919, 1931 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1916 | ||||
| Ties: 1920, 1946, 1954, 2012 | ||||||
|
Dec 1971–Jan 1972 2-Month |
2.09" (53.09mm) | 2.13" (54.10mm) |
-0.04" (-1.01mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1914 | ||||
| Ties: 1903, 1923 | ||||||
|
Nov 1971–Jan 1972 3-Month |
3.18" (80.77mm) | 3.20" (81.28mm) |
-0.02" (-0.51mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1904 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1979 | ||||
|
Oct 1971–Jan 1972 4-Month |
4.82" (122.43mm) | 4.54" (115.32mm) |
0.28" (7.11mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1977 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1909 | ||||
|
Sep 1971–Jan 1972 5-Month |
6.62" (168.15mm) | 5.96" (151.38mm) |
0.66" (16.77mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1904 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1942 | ||||
|
Aug 1971–Jan 1972 6-Month |
8.25" (209.55mm) | 7.98" (202.69mm) |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1901 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jul 1971–Jan 1972 7-Month |
10.19" (258.83mm) | 10.08" (256.03mm) |
0.11" (2.80mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1901 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2007 | ||||
|
Jun 1971–Jan 1972 8-Month |
10.78" (273.81mm) | 11.62" (295.15mm) |
-0.84" (-21.34mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1901, 1981 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1942 | ||||
|
May 1971–Jan 1972 9-Month |
12.83" (325.88mm) | 13.64" (346.46mm) |
-0.81" (-20.58mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1901 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1942 | ||||
|
Apr 1971–Jan 1972 10-Month |
14.77" (375.16mm) | 15.52" (394.21mm) |
-0.75" (-19.05mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1940 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1942 | ||||
| Ties: 1949 | ||||||
|
Mar 1971–Jan 1972 11-Month |
15.55" (394.97mm) | 17.02" (432.31mm) |
-1.47" (-37.34mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 2003, 2013 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1942 | ||||
|
Feb 1971–Jan 1972 12-Month |
16.75" (425.45mm) | 18.10" (459.74mm) |
-1.35" (-34.29mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 2003 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1942 | ||||
|
Aug 1970–Jan 1972 18-Month |
25.55" (648.97mm) | 26.08" (662.43mm) |
-0.53" (-13.46mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 2003 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1942 | ||||
| Ties: 2011 | ||||||
|
Feb 1970–Jan 1972 24-Month |
34.21" (868.93mm) | 36.16" (918.46mm) |
-1.95" (-49.53mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 2003 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1943 | ||||
|
Feb 1969–Jan 1972 36-Month |
55.02" (1,397.51mm) | 54.20" (1,376.68mm) |
0.82" (20.83mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1977 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1943 | ||||
|
Feb 1968–Jan 1972 48-Month |
71.66" (1,820.16mm) | 72.24" (1,834.90mm) |
-0.58" (-14.74mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1957 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1987 | ||||
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Feb 1967–Jan 1972 60-Month |
90.02" (2,286.51mm) | 90.25" (2,292.35mm) |
-0.23" (-5.84mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1957 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2000 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2020, retrieved on February 20, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/