Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Delaware
Precipitation Rankings, February 1972
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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February 1972 1-Month |
5.49" (139.45mm) | 3.04" (77.22mm) |
2.45" (62.23mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 2009 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1979 | ||||
| Ties: 1939 | ||||||
|
Jan–Feb 1972 2-Month |
8.60" (218.44mm) | 6.54" (166.12mm) |
2.06" (52.32mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 2009 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1964 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1971–Feb 1972 3-Month |
10.84" (275.34mm) | 10.00" (254.00mm) |
0.84" (21.34mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1981 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1971–Feb 1972 4-Month |
14.77" (375.16mm) | 13.06" (331.72mm) |
1.71" (43.44mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 2002 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1979 | ||||
|
Oct 1971–Feb 1972 5-Month |
21.18" (537.97mm) | 16.21" (411.73mm) |
4.97" (126.24mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 2002 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2010 | ||||
|
Sep 1971–Feb 1972 6-Month |
25.95" (659.13mm) | 19.81" (503.17mm) |
6.14" (155.96mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 2002 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1936 | ||||
|
Aug 1971–Feb 1972 7-Month |
34.09" (865.89mm) | 24.39" (619.51mm) |
9.70" (246.38mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jul 1971–Feb 1972 8-Month |
37.75" (958.85mm) | 28.67" (728.22mm) |
9.08" (230.63mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jun 1971–Feb 1972 9-Month |
39.55" (1,004.57mm) | 32.31" (820.67mm) |
7.24" (183.90mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2010 | ||||
|
May 1971–Feb 1972 10-Month |
44.96" (1,141.98mm) | 35.86" (910.84mm) |
9.10" (231.14mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1949 | ||||
|
Apr 1971–Feb 1972 11-Month |
47.60" (1,209.04mm) | 39.32" (998.73mm) |
8.28" (210.31mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2010 | ||||
|
Mar 1971–Feb 1972 12-Month |
50.02" (1,270.51mm) | 43.26" (1,098.80mm) |
6.76" (171.71mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2010 | ||||
|
Sep 1970–Feb 1972 18-Month |
69.77" (1,772.16mm) | 63.00" (1,600.20mm) |
6.77" (171.96mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2004 | ||||
|
Mar 1970–Feb 1972 24-Month |
93.83" (2,383.28mm) | 86.48" (2,196.59mm) |
7.35" (186.69mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 1936 | ||||
|
Mar 1969–Feb 1972 36-Month |
138.14" (3,508.76mm) | 129.77" (3,296.16mm) |
8.37" (212.60mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1967 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1936 | ||||
|
Mar 1968–Feb 1972 48-Month |
171.95" (4,367.53mm) | 173.03" (4,394.96mm) |
-1.08" (-27.43mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1939 | ||||
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Mar 1967–Feb 1972 60-Month |
218.22" (5,542.79mm) | 216.11" (5,489.19mm) |
2.11" (53.60mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1967 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1963 | 1939 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 21, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/