Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Delaware
Precipitation Rankings, October 2008
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 2008 1-Month |
1.83" (46.48mm) | 3.13" (79.50mm) |
-1.30" (-33.02mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1963 |
101st Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1941 | ||||||
Sep–Oct 2008 2-Month |
6.21" (157.73mm) | 6.73" (170.94mm) |
-0.52" (-13.21mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1941 |
70th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1935 | ||||
Aug–Oct 2008 3-Month |
7.23" (183.64mm) | 11.33" (287.78mm) |
-4.10" (-104.14mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1930 |
118th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2009 | ||||
Jul–Oct 2008 4-Month |
11.74" (298.20mm) | 15.64" (397.26mm) |
-3.90" (-99.06mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1968 |
110th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2020 | ||||
Jun–Oct 2008 5-Month |
15.14" (384.56mm) | 19.27" (489.46mm) |
-4.13" (-104.90mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1921 |
109th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1989 | ||||
May–Oct 2008 6-Month |
20.69" (525.53mm) | 22.83" (579.88mm) |
-2.14" (-54.35mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1964 |
91st Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1989 | ||||
Apr–Oct 2008 7-Month |
24.03" (610.36mm) | 26.31" (668.27mm) |
-2.28" (-57.91mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1989 | ||||
Mar–Oct 2008 8-Month |
27.11" (688.59mm) | 30.29" (769.37mm) |
-3.18" (-80.78mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
95th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1989 | ||||
Feb–Oct 2008 9-Month |
30.77" (781.56mm) | 33.33" (846.58mm) |
-2.56" (-65.02mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1989 | ||||
Jan–Oct 2008 10-Month |
32.63" (828.80mm) | 36.82" (935.23mm) |
-4.19" (-106.43mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
99th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1989 | ||||
Dec 2007–Oct 2008 11-Month |
37.23" (945.64mm) | 40.29" (1,023.37mm) |
-3.06" (-77.73mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1930 |
90th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1958 | ||||
Nov 2007–Oct 2008 12-Month |
38.76" (984.50mm) | 43.35" (1,101.09mm) |
-4.59" (-116.59mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1930 |
99th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1958 | ||||
May 2007–Oct 2008 18-Month |
55.26" (1,403.60mm) | 66.15" (1,680.21mm) |
-10.89" (-276.61mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1930 |
119th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2010 | ||||
Nov 2006–Oct 2008 24-Month |
78.58" (1,995.93mm) | 86.62" (2,200.15mm) |
-8.04" (-204.22mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1987 | 1930 |
107th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1979 | ||||
Nov 2005–Oct 2008 36-Month |
124.97" (3,174.24mm) | 129.89" (3,299.21mm) |
-4.92" (-124.97mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1931 |
88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1937 | ||||
Nov 2004–Oct 2008 48-Month |
172.02" (4,369.31mm) | 173.11" (4,396.99mm) |
-1.09" (-27.68mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1966 |
71st Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1938 | ||||
Nov 2003–Oct 2008 60-Month |
220.27" (5,594.86mm) | 216.32" (5,494.53mm) |
3.95" (100.33mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1966 |
57th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1937 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/