National Climate Report - December 2013
Precipitation Anomalies
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Precipitation Anomalies
The following table shows, for about 180 long-term stations, how its Jan-Dec 2013 Precipitation stacks up against normal, and where it ranks among that station's history. The unusualness score is based upon the number of standard deviations difference between the 2013 value and the station's average, based on the station's history.
For a visual presentation, click a station's rank for a "Haywood plot" that shows its cumulative value for each year it has been reporting. As you read from left to right, a particular year's trace represents the average of all previous days during that year. Because of the relatively few days that make up the year-to-date average during January and February, the plots are often noisy during these months.
| Location | ST | 2013 Value |
1981-2010 Average |
Jan-Dec Departure |
Unusualness | Jan-Dec Rank |
#Yrs in Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan | PR | 85.17" | 56.35" | +28.82" | +2.2σ | 3rd Wettest | 58 yrs |
| Flagstaff | AZ | 24.82" | 21.86" | +2.96" | +0.7σ | 14th Wettest | 72 yrs |
| Asheville | NC | 75.25" | 45.57" | +29.68" | +3.1σ | Wettest | 58 yrs |
| Macon | GA | 72.66" | 45.68" | +26.98" | +3.3σ | Wettest | 65 yrs |
| Paducah | KY | 60.32" | 49.08" | +11.24" | +1.2σ | 9th Wettest | 64 yrs |
| Augusta | GA | 55.59" | 43.57" | +12.02" | +1.6σ | 5th Wettest | 69 yrs |
| Savannah | GA | 54.10" | 47.96" | +6.14" | +0.5σ | 19th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Huntsville | AL | 58.30" | 54.34" | +3.96" | +0.3σ | 20th Wettest | 55 yrs |
| Huntington | WV | 44.92" | 42.59" | +2.33" | +0.4σ | 18th Wettest | 53 yrs |
| Greenville | SC | 69.56" | 47.19" | +22.37" | +2.2σ | 2nd Wettest | 51 yrs |
| Beckley | WV | 42.86" | 41.19" | +1.67" | +0.2σ | 17th Wettest | 50 yrs |
| Wichita | KS | 40.47" | 32.64" | +7.83" | +1.3σ | 4th Wettest | 60 yrs |
| Jackson | MS | 64.27" | 54.14" | +10.13" | +0.8σ | 8th Wettest | 50 yrs |
| Binghamton | NY | 43.02" | 39.30" | +3.72" | +0.7σ | 14th Wettest | 62 yrs |
| Orlando | FL | 42.74" | 50.73" | -7.99" | -0.6σ | 44th Wettest | 57 yrs |
| Daytona Beach | FL | 48.06" | 49.62" | -1.56" | -0.1σ | 38th Wettest | 77 yrs |
| Fort Myers | FL | 53.81" | 55.93" | -2.12" | -0.0σ | 42nd Wettest | 93 yrs |
| Key West | FL | 46.71" | 39.83" | +6.88" | +0.8σ | 16th Wettest | 61 yrs |
| Miami | FL | 70.46" | 61.90" | +8.56" | +0.8σ | 15th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Tampa | FL | 52.52" | 46.30" | +6.22" | +0.5σ | 24th Wettest | 74 yrs |
| New Orleans | LA | 66.40" | 62.45" | +3.95" | +0.4σ | 22nd Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Houston | TX | 43.08" | 54.65" | -11.57" | -0.5σ | 46th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Brownsville | TX | 26.66" | 27.44" | -0.78" | +0.1σ | 37th Wettest | 85 yrs |
| San Antonio | TX | 32.01" | 32.27" | -0.26" | +0.2σ | 28th Wettest | 67 yrs |
| Corpus Christi | TX | 23.44" | 31.76" | -8.32" | -0.7σ | 47th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Raleigh | NC | 50.72" | 43.34" | +7.38" | +1.2σ | 8th Wettest | 69 yrs |
| Greensboro | NC | 50.43" | 42.20" | +8.23" | +1.2σ | 10th Wettest | 85 yrs |
| Elkins | WV | 45.98" | 45.93" | +0.05" | +0.0σ | 41st Wettest | 86 yrs |
| Norfolk | VA | 45.68" | 46.53" | -0.85" | -0.0σ | 34th Wettest | 68 yrs |
| Philadelphia | PA | 55.91" | 41.53" | +14.38" | +1.9σ | 3rd Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Richmond | VA | 53.69" | 43.60" | +10.09" | +1.2σ | 8th Wettest | 69 yrs |
| Roanoke | VA | 53.15" | 41.25" | +11.90" | +1.6σ | 6th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Washington (Reagan National) | VA | 44.26" | 39.74" | +4.52" | +0.6σ | 19th Wettest | 68 yrs |
| Wilmington | NC | 51.15" | 57.61" | -6.46" | -0.5σ | 48th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Wilmington | DE | 48.38" | 43.08" | +5.30" | +0.8σ | 15th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Charleston | WV | 47.16" | 44.03" | +3.13" | +0.5σ | 20th Wettest | 65 yrs |
| Atlanta | GA | 66.06" | 49.71" | +16.35" | +2.0σ | 4th Wettest | 84 yrs |
| Birmingham | AL | 67.91" | 53.72" | +14.19" | +1.5σ | 5th Wettest | 84 yrs |
| Johnson City | TN | 57.70" | 41.01" | +16.69" | +2.4σ | 2nd Wettest | 76 yrs |
| Charlotte | NC | 49.66" | 41.63" | +8.03" | +1.0σ | 9th Wettest | 72 yrs |
| Chattanooga | TN | 68.77" | 52.48" | +16.29" | +1.7σ | 4th Wettest | 74 yrs |
| Columbia | SC | 55.50" | 44.59" | +10.91" | +0.9σ | 11th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Jacksonville | FL | 45.24" | 52.39" | -7.15" | -0.8σ | 55th Wettest | 73 yrs |
| Knoxville | TN | 69.39" | 47.86" | +21.53" | +2.9σ | Wettest | 104 yrs |
| Memphis | TN | 59.47" | 53.68" | +5.79" | +0.7σ | 16th Wettest | 74 yrs |
| Mobile | AL | 69.31" | 66.15" | +3.16" | +0.3σ | 29th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Montgomery | AL | 56.24" | 53.07" | +3.17" | +0.5σ | 18th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Nashville | TN | 54.90" | 47.25" | +7.65" | +0.8σ | 18th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Shreveport | LA | 53.46" | 51.41" | +2.05" | +0.5σ | 24th Wettest | 74 yrs |
| Austin | TX | 41.05" | 34.32" | +6.73" | +0.9σ | 14th Wettest | 75 yrs |
| Dallas | TX | 33.67" | 37.57" | -3.90" | -0.3σ | 44th Wettest | 72 yrs |
| Abilene | TX | 23.20" | 24.82" | -1.62" | -0.1σ | 33rd Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Little Rock | AR | 52.81" | 49.75" | +3.06" | +0.3σ | 24th Wettest | 74 yrs |
| Fort Smith | AR | 47.07" | 45.46" | +1.61" | +0.5σ | 21st Wettest | 68 yrs |
| Wichita Falls | TX | 21.35" | 28.92" | -7.57" | -0.9σ | 85th Wettest | 104 yrs |
| Oklahoma City | OK | 52.81" | 36.52" | +16.29" | +2.5σ | 2nd Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Tulsa | OK | 33.11" | 40.97" | -7.86" | -0.7σ | 54th Wettest | 70 yrs |
| Baton Rouge | LA | 68.90" | 60.65" | +8.25" | +1.0σ | 16th Wettest | 84 yrs |
| Dodge City | KS | 20.73" | 21.60" | -0.87" | -0.0σ | 36th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| St Louis | MO | 42.69" | 40.96" | +1.73" | +0.6σ | 20th Wettest | 68 yrs |
| Springfield | MO | 51.89" | 45.57" | +6.32" | +1.1σ | 10th Wettest | 73 yrs |
| Topeka | KS | 34.04" | 36.46" | -2.42" | -0.1σ | 37th Wettest | 67 yrs |
| Bangor | ME | 39.99" | 41.93" | -1.94" | -0.2σ | 32nd Wettest | 55 yrs |
| Caribou | ME | 50.22" | 38.49" | +11.73" | +2.0σ | 5th Wettest | 73 yrs |
| New York (La Guardia) | NY | 38.35" | 44.73" | -6.38" | -0.7σ | 52nd Wettest | 69 yrs |
| Buffalo | NY | 46.04" | 40.48" | +5.56" | +1.4σ | 8th Wettest | 75 yrs |
| Albany | NY | 43.87" | 39.35" | +4.52" | +1.0σ | 17th Wettest | 75 yrs |
| Allentown | PA | 46.00" | 45.35" | +0.65" | +0.1σ | 28th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Boston | MA | 40.43" | 43.77" | -3.34" | -0.3σ | 50th Wettest | 78 yrs |
| Hartford | CT | 51.75" | 45.85" | +5.90" | +0.8σ | 15th Wettest | 65 yrs |
| Burlington | VT | 45.04" | 36.82" | +8.22" | +1.7σ | 6th Wettest | 73 yrs |
| Concord | NH | 40.82" | 40.61" | +0.21" | +0.3σ | 28th Wettest | 72 yrs |
| Harrisburg | PA | 40.92" | 40.92" | -0.00" | +0.2σ | 27th Wettest | 65 yrs |
| Portland | ME | 43.82" | 47.25" | -3.43" | -0.1σ | 35th Wettest | 73 yrs |
| Providence | RI | 45.50" | 47.18" | -1.68" | -0.1σ | 34th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Syracuse | NY | 40.44" | 38.47" | +1.97" | +0.3σ | 26th Wettest | 75 yrs |
| Wilkes-Barre | PA | 27.59" | 38.26" | -10.67" | -1.4σ | 60th Wettest | 64 yrs |
| Williamsport | PA | 32.72" | 41.28" | -8.56" | -1.2σ | 59th Wettest | 65 yrs |
| Cleveland | OH | 41.87" | 39.14" | +2.73" | +0.6σ | 13th Wettest | 75 yrs |
| Columbus | OH | 41.59" | 39.31" | +2.28" | +0.5σ | 19th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Fort Wayne | IN | 42.24" | 38.34" | +3.90" | +0.9σ | 13th Wettest | 73 yrs |
| Madison | WI | 45.36" | 34.48" | +10.88" | +2.2σ | Wettest | 74 yrs |
| Milwaukee | WI | 40.06" | 34.76" | +5.30" | +1.3σ | 7th Wettest | 74 yrs |
| Muskegon | MI | 43.77" | 33.49" | +10.28" | +2.3σ | 3rd Wettest | 109 yrs |
| Peoria | IL | 43.56" | 36.49" | +7.07" | +1.0σ | 11th Wettest | 70 yrs |
| Sault Ste. Marie | MI | 48.80" | 32.95" | +15.85" | +3.2σ | Wettest | 83 yrs |
| South Bend | IN | 40.37" | 38.00" | +2.37" | +0.6σ | 28th Wettest | 109 yrs |
| Youngstown | OH | 39.63" | 38.91" | +0.72" | +0.2σ | 34th Wettest | 77 yrs |
| Erie | PA | 54.52" | 42.16" | +12.36" | +2.1σ | 4th Wettest | 88 yrs |
| Akron | OH | 42.22" | 39.62" | +2.60" | +0.6σ | 15th Wettest | 65 yrs |
| Green Bay | WI | 35.17" | 29.52" | +5.65" | +1.3σ | 7th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Duluth | MN | 30.50" | 30.96" | -0.46" | -0.0σ | 35th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Fargo | ND | 32.13" | 22.58" | +9.55" | +2.1σ | 3rd Wettest | 72 yrs |
| Grand Forks | ND | 19.69" | 20.81" | -1.12" | +0.1σ | 29th Wettest | 63 yrs |
| International Falls | MN | 31.87" | 24.22" | +7.65" | +1.9σ | 5th Wettest | 69 yrs |
| La Crosse | WI | 35.86" | 33.06" | +2.80" | +0.8σ | 16th Wettest | 72 yrs |
| St Paul | MN | 32.70" | 30.61" | +2.09" | +0.8σ | 18th Wettest | 75 yrs |
| Moline | IL | 39.19" | 37.96" | +1.23" | +0.3σ | 26th Wettest | 70 yrs |
| Rochester | MN | 41.69" | 33.02" | +8.67" | +1.8σ | 3rd Wettest | 92 yrs |
| Aberdeen | SD | 21.92" | 21.72" | +0.20" | +0.2σ | 39th Wettest | 101 yrs |
| Des Moines | IA | 31.91" | 36.02" | -4.11" | -0.2σ | 32nd Wettest | 68 yrs |
| Grand Island | NE | 26.93" | 26.66" | +0.27" | +0.4σ | 26th Wettest | 75 yrs |
| Norfolk | NE | 24.97" | 27.41" | -2.44" | -0.1σ | 38th Wettest | 68 yrs |
| Omaha | NE | 29.04" | 30.62" | -1.58" | -0.2σ | 35th Wettest | 64 yrs |
| Sioux City | IA | 26.73" | 27.74" | -1.01" | +0.0σ | 31st Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Sioux Falls | SD | 25.77" | 26.38" | -0.61" | +0.1σ | 41st Wettest | 81 yrs |
| Hilo | HI | 94.77" | 126.72" | -31.95" | -1.1σ | 55th Wettest | 64 yrs |
| Del Rio | TX | 15.49" | 19.52" | -4.03" | -0.4σ | 35th Wettest | 55 yrs |
| Kahului | HI | 15.46" | 17.83" | -2.37" | -0.3σ | 37th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Honolulu | HI | 16.22" | 17.10" | -0.88" | -0.4σ | 36th Wettest | 64 yrs |
| Lihue | HI | 37.23" | 37.05" | +0.18" | -0.2σ | 35th Wettest | 63 yrs |
| Roswell | NM | 9.48" | 12.91" | -3.43" | -0.4σ | 36th Wettest | 59 yrs |
| Midland | TX | 8.52" | 14.60" | -6.08" | -1.0σ | 73rd Wettest | 83 yrs |
| Lubbock | TX | 12.62" | 19.12" | -6.50" | -1.0σ | 61st Wettest | 67 yrs |
| El Paso | TX | 9.52" | 9.71" | -0.19" | +0.3σ | 23rd Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Amarillo | TX | 15.22" | 20.36" | -5.14" | -0.9σ | 53rd Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Albuquerque | NM | 9.34" | 9.45" | -0.11" | +0.3σ | 33rd Wettest | 82 yrs |
| Alamosa | CO | 10.19" | 7.31" | +2.88" | +1.6σ | 5th Wettest | 65 yrs |
| Goodland | KS | 16.76" | 19.66" | -2.90" | -0.2σ | 56th Wettest | 94 yrs |
| Grand Junction | CO | 12.46" | 9.42" | +3.04" | +1.7σ | 7th Wettest | 114 yrs |
| Ely | NV | 8.56" | 9.76" | -1.20" | -0.4σ | 56th Wettest | 86 yrs |
| Tucson | AZ | 8.55" | 11.59" | -3.04" | -0.8σ | 54th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Las Vegas | NV | 2.98" | 4.19" | -1.21" | -0.6σ | 44th Wettest | 65 yrs |
| Los Angeles | CA | 3.65" | 12.82" | -9.17" | -1.5σ | 68th Wettest | 69 yrs |
| Phoenix | AZ | 8.43" | 8.03" | +0.40" | +0.3σ | 20th Wettest | 72 yrs |
| Carson City | NV | 4.04" | 7.40" | -3.36" | -1.3σ | 72nd Wettest | 76 yrs |
| San Diego | CA | 5.58" | 10.34" | -4.76" | -1.0σ | 64th Wettest | 74 yrs |
| Sacramento | CA | 5.81" | 18.52" | -12.71" | -2.1σ | 66th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| San Francisco | CA | 3.39" | 20.65" | -17.26" | -2.3σ | 67th Wettest | 67 yrs |
| Bismarck | ND | 26.69" | 17.85" | +8.84" | +2.3σ | 2nd Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Minot | ND | 24.95" | 17.19" | +7.76" | +1.7σ | 3rd Wettest | 61 yrs |
| Cheyenne | WY | 18.17" | 15.94" | +2.23" | +0.9σ | 22nd Wettest | 99 yrs |
| Lander | WY | 15.57" | 12.66" | +2.91" | +0.8σ | 10th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| North Platte | NE | 21.78" | 20.23" | +1.55" | +0.4σ | 21st Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Pierre | SD | 24.56" | 20.01" | +4.55" | +1.4σ | 8th Wettest | 99 yrs |
| Scottsbluff | NE | 13.39" | 15.79" | -2.40" | -0.5σ | 68th Wettest | 107 yrs |
| Sheridan | WY | 18.04" | 14.16" | +3.88" | +1.2σ | 9th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Billings | MT | 16.71" | 13.66" | +3.05" | +0.7σ | 14th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Casper | WY | 15.17" | 12.52" | +2.65" | +1.0σ | 10th Wettest | 65 yrs |
| Rapid City | SD | 21.72" | 16.29" | +5.43" | +1.5σ | 6th Wettest | 65 yrs |
| Elko | NV | 6.46" | 9.91" | -3.45" | -1.0σ | 95th Wettest | 107 yrs |
| Salt Lake City | UT | 11.68" | 16.10" | -4.42" | -1.1σ | 59th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Boise | ID | 9.59" | 11.73" | -2.14" | -0.9σ | 58th Wettest | 74 yrs |
| Great Falls | MT | 11.81" | 14.75" | -2.94" | -0.9σ | 54th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Helena | MT | 10.63" | 11.22" | -0.59" | -0.3σ | 37th Wettest | 74 yrs |
| Missoula | MT | 9.48" | 14.13" | -4.65" | -1.5σ | 62nd Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Pendleton | OR | 9.30" | 12.66" | -3.36" | -1.3σ | 79th Wettest | 85 yrs |
| Pocatallo | ID | 6.17" | 12.13" | -5.96" | -1.8σ | 74th Wettest | 75 yrs |
| Spokane | WA | 11.38" | 16.56" | -5.18" | -1.4σ | 116th Wettest | 124 yrs |
| Eureka | CA | 16.62" | 40.33" | -23.71" | -2.3σ | 72nd Wettest | 72 yrs |
| Eugene | OR | 21.23" | 46.10" | -24.87" | -2.3σ | 74th Wettest | 74 yrs |
| Medford | OR | 9.02" | 18.35" | -9.33" | -2.0σ | 86th Wettest | 86 yrs |
| Olympia | WA | 41.52" | 50.00" | -8.48" | -1.1σ | 54th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Portland | OR | 26.75" | 36.03" | -9.28" | -1.4σ | 71st Wettest | 75 yrs |
| Salem | OR | 23.62" | 39.67" | -16.05" | -1.9σ | 115th Wettest | 115 yrs |
| Seattle | WA | 32.59" | 37.49" | -4.90" | -0.9σ | 55th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Yakima | WA | 5.50" | 8.25" | -2.75" | -1.2σ | 62nd Wettest | 67 yrs |
| Juneau | AK | 73.33" | 62.27" | +11.06" | +1.4σ | 8th Wettest | 64 yrs |
| Fairbanks | AK | 10.70" | 10.81" | -0.11" | +0.0σ | 28th Wettest | 65 yrs |
| Bethel | AK | 21.80" | 18.54" | +3.26" | +0.9σ | 14th Wettest | 84 yrs |
| Nome | AK | 22.35" | 16.81" | +5.54" | +1.4σ | 6th Wettest | 75 yrs |
| Barrow | AK | 8.52" | 4.53" | +3.99" | +2.0σ | 3rd Wettest | 84 yrs |
| Colorado Springs | CO | 19.24" | 16.54" | +2.70" | +0.8σ | 15th Wettest | 65 yrs |
| Pueblo | CO | 9.72" | 12.57" | -2.85" | -0.6σ | 44th Wettest | 59 yrs |
| Fresno | CA | 3.02" | 11.50" | -8.48" | -2.0σ | 66th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Baltimore | MD | 42.96" | 41.88" | +1.08" | +0.1σ | 28th Wettest | 74 yrs |
| Cape Hatteras | NC | 53.45" | 58.04" | -4.59" | -0.3σ | 37th Wettest | 56 yrs |
| Atlantic City | NJ | 46.16" | 41.75" | +4.41" | +0.6σ | 16th Wettest | 55 yrs |
| Washington (Dulles) | VA | 45.37" | 41.54" | +3.83" | +0.5σ | 12th Wettest | 50 yrs |
| Tallahassee | FL | 66.81" | 59.23" | +7.58" | +0.4σ | 19th Wettest | 64 yrs |
| Cincinnati | KY | 49.52" | 42.52" | +7.00" | +1.0σ | 8th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Evansville | IN | 53.62" | 45.31" | +8.31" | +1.1σ | 7th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Indianapolis | IN | 45.93" | 42.44" | +3.49" | +0.7σ | 18th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Lexington | KY | 59.57" | 45.17" | +14.40" | +1.9σ | 7th Wettest | 128 yrs |
| Springfield | IL | 38.37" | 37.43" | +0.94" | +0.5σ | 30th Wettest | 113 yrs |
| Columbus | GA | 62.68" | 46.75" | +15.93" | +1.3σ | 6th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Glasgow | MT | 15.89" | 11.66" | +4.23" | +1.2σ | 8th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Williston | ND | 21.28" | 14.37" | +6.91" | +2.1σ | 4th Wettest | 117 yrs |
| Astoria | OR | 59.23" | 67.26" | -8.03" | -0.8σ | 50th Wettest | 61 yrs |
| Bridgeport | CT | 36.69" | 42.74" | -6.05" | -0.7σ | 50th Wettest | 64 yrs |
| Montpelier | VT | 39.60" | 37.27" | +2.33" | +0.6σ | 13th Wettest | 62 yrs |
| New York (Central Park) | NY | 46.35" | 49.94" | -3.59" | +0.1σ | 51st Wettest | 137 yrs |
| Worchester | MA | 45.76" | 48.07" | -2.31" | -0.2σ | 40th Wettest | 65 yrs |
| New York (JFK) | NY | 35.54" | 42.77" | -7.23" | -0.9σ | 48th Wettest | 55 yrs |
| Rockford | IL | 40.54" | 36.24" | +4.30" | +0.6σ | 15th Wettest | 63 yrs |
| Pittsburgh | PA | 36.67" | 38.19" | -1.52" | -0.2σ | 38th Wettest | 66 yrs |
| Toledo | OH | 36.87" | 34.24" | +2.63" | +0.7σ | 21st Wettest | 59 yrs |
| Chicago | IL | 42.09" | 36.89" | +5.20" | +0.9σ | 11th Wettest | 55 yrs |
| Detroit | MI | 39.94" | 33.47" | +6.47" | +1.4σ | 5th Wettest | 55 yrs |
| Grand Rapids | MI | 45.51" | 38.27" | +7.24" | +1.4σ | 5th Wettest | 50 yrs |
| Dubuque | IA | 38.03" | 36.29" | +1.74" | +0.1σ | 28th Wettest | 60 yrs |
| Waterloo | IA | 40.84" | 34.60" | +6.24" | +1.0σ | 10th Wettest | 63 yrs |
