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 2012
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 2012 1-Month |
8.10" (205.74mm) | 3.13" (79.50mm) |
4.97" (126.24mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1963 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2012 | ||||
Sep–Oct 2012 2-Month |
11.86" (301.24mm) | 6.73" (170.94mm) |
5.13" (130.30mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1941 |
6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1935 | ||||
Aug–Oct 2012 3-Month |
17.68" (449.07mm) | 11.33" (287.78mm) |
6.35" (161.29mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1930 |
6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2009 | ||||
Jul–Oct 2012 4-Month |
20.84" (529.34mm) | 15.64" (397.26mm) |
5.20" (132.08mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1968 |
17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2020 | ||||
Jun–Oct 2012 5-Month |
23.83" (605.28mm) | 19.27" (489.46mm) |
4.56" (115.82mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1921 |
27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1989 | ||||
May–Oct 2012 6-Month |
26.27" (667.26mm) | 22.83" (579.88mm) |
3.44" (87.38mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1964 |
32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1989 | ||||
Apr–Oct 2012 7-Month |
28.98" (736.09mm) | 26.31" (668.27mm) |
2.67" (67.82mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1930 |
36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1989 | ||||
Mar–Oct 2012 8-Month |
30.05" (763.27mm) | 30.29" (769.37mm) |
-0.24" (-6.10mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 1930 |
70th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1989 | ||||
Feb–Oct 2012 9-Month |
32.26" (819.40mm) | 33.33" (846.58mm) |
-1.07" (-27.18mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1930 |
74th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1989 | ||||
Jan–Oct 2012 10-Month |
34.38" (873.25mm) | 36.82" (935.23mm) |
-2.44" (-61.98mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1930 |
88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1989 | ||||
Dec 2011–Oct 2012 11-Month |
37.52" (953.01mm) | 40.29" (1,023.37mm) |
-2.77" (-70.36mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1930 |
88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1958 | ||||
Nov 2011–Oct 2012 12-Month |
41.14" (1,044.96mm) | 43.35" (1,101.09mm) |
-2.21" (-56.13mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1930 |
80th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1958 | ||||
May 2011–Oct 2012 18-Month |
66.05" (1,677.67mm) | 66.15" (1,680.21mm) |
-0.10" (-2.54mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1930 |
71st Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2010 | ||||
Nov 2010–Oct 2012 24-Month |
83.07" (2,109.98mm) | 86.62" (2,200.15mm) |
-3.55" (-90.17mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1930 |
82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1979 | ||||
Nov 2009–Oct 2012 36-Month |
131.76" (3,346.70mm) | 129.89" (3,299.21mm) |
1.87" (47.49mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1931 |
66th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1937 | ||||
Nov 2008–Oct 2012 48-Month |
185.42" (4,709.67mm) | 173.11" (4,396.99mm) |
12.31" (312.68mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1966 |
22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1938 | ||||
Nov 2007–Oct 2012 60-Month |
224.18" (5,694.17mm) | 216.32" (5,494.53mm) |
7.86" (199.64mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1966 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 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/