Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Delaware
Precipitation Rankings, October 1989
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1989 1-Month |
3.99" (101.35mm) | 3.13" (79.50mm) |
0.86" (21.85mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1963 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2012 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1989 2-Month |
9.56" (242.82mm) | 6.73" (170.94mm) |
2.83" (71.88mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1941 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1935 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1989 3-Month |
14.90" (378.46mm) | 11.33" (287.78mm) |
3.57" (90.68mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1930 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2009 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1989 4-Month |
23.32" (592.33mm) | 15.64" (397.26mm) |
7.68" (195.07mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1968 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1989 5-Month |
29.97" (761.24mm) | 19.27" (489.46mm) |
10.70" (271.78mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1921 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1989 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1989 6-Month |
35.05" (890.27mm) | 22.83" (579.88mm) |
12.22" (310.39mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1964 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1989 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1989 7-Month |
40.03" (1,016.76mm) | 26.31" (668.27mm) |
13.72" (348.49mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1989 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1989 8-Month |
46.41" (1,178.81mm) | 30.29" (769.37mm) |
16.12" (409.44mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1989 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1989 9-Month |
49.72" (1,262.89mm) | 33.33" (846.58mm) |
16.39" (416.31mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1989 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1989 10-Month |
52.38" (1,330.45mm) | 36.82" (935.23mm) |
15.56" (395.22mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1989 | ||||
|
Dec 1988–Oct 1989 11-Month |
53.10" (1,348.74mm) | 40.29" (1,023.37mm) |
12.81" (325.37mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1930 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1958 | ||||
|
Nov 1988–Oct 1989 12-Month |
58.04" (1,474.22mm) | 43.35" (1,101.09mm) |
14.69" (373.13mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1958 | ||||
|
May 1988–Oct 1989 18-Month |
78.09" (1,983.49mm) | 66.15" (1,680.21mm) |
11.94" (303.28mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1930 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2010 | ||||
| Ties: 1920 | ||||||
|
Nov 1987–Oct 1989 24-Month |
97.43" (2,474.72mm) | 86.62" (2,200.15mm) |
10.81" (274.57mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1930 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1986–Oct 1989 36-Month |
138.71" (3,523.23mm) | 129.89" (3,299.21mm) |
8.82" (224.02mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1931 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 1937 | ||||
|
Nov 1985–Oct 1989 48-Month |
169.77" (4,312.16mm) | 173.11" (4,396.99mm) |
-3.34" (-84.83mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1966 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1938 | ||||
| Ties: 1956 | ||||||
|
Nov 1984–Oct 1989 60-Month |
208.01" (5,283.45mm) | 216.32" (5,494.53mm) |
-8.31" (-211.08mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1966 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1937 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 21, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/