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June 1896 Precipitation Rankings

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PeriodValue
1901-2000
Mean
AnomalyRank
(1895-2025)
Driest/Wettest
Since
Record
June 1896
1-Month
2.64in
(67.06mm)
2.92in
(74.17mm)
-0.28in34th DriestDriest to Date1933
97th Wettest
Wettest since:
1928
May–Jun 1896
2-Month
5.60in
(142.24mm)
5.83in
(148.08mm)
-0.23in44th DriestDriest to Date1988
87th Wettest
Wettest since:
2015
Apr–Jun 1896
3-Month
8.19in
(208.03mm)
8.35in
(212.09mm)
-0.16in55th Driest
Driest since:
1988
76th WettestWettest to Date1957
Mar–Jun 1896
4-Month
10.60in
(269.24mm)
10.86in
(275.84mm)
-0.26in51st Driest
Driest since:
1988
80th WettestWettest to Date1957
Feb–Jun 1896
5-Month
12.65in
(321.31mm)
12.99in
(329.95mm)
-0.34in50th Driest
Driest since:
1988
81st WettestWettest to Date2019
Jan–Jun 1896
6-Month
15.05in
(382.27mm)
15.30in
(388.62mm)
-0.25in52nd Driest
Driest since:
1988
79th WettestWettest to Date2019
Dec 1895–Jun 1896
7-Month
17.58in
(446.53mm)
17.65in
(448.31mm)
-0.07in57th DriestDriest to Date1931
73rd WettestWettest to Date2019
Nov 1895–Jun 1896
8-Month
19.87in
(504.70mm)
19.88in
(504.95mm)
-0.01in60th DriestDriest to Date1934
70th WettestWettest to Date2019
Oct 1895–Jun 1896
9-Month
20.95in
(532.13mm)
22.04in
(559.82mm)
-1.09in35th DriestDriest to Date1934
95th WettestWettest to Date2019
Sep 1895–Jun 1896
10-Month
22.53in
(572.26mm)
24.53in
(623.06mm)
-2.00in22nd DriestDriest to Date1934
108th WettestWettest to Date2019
Aug 1895–Jun 1896
11-Month
25.06in
(636.52mm)
27.16in
(689.86mm)
-2.10in23rd DriestDriest to Date1918
107th WettestWettest to Date2019
Jul 1895–Jun 1896
12-Month
28.05in
(712.47mm)
29.94in
(760.48mm)
-1.89in27th DriestDriest to Date1931
103rd WettestWettest to Date2019
Jan 1895–Jun 1896
18-Month
42.58in
(1,081.53mm)
45.25in-2.67in21st DriestDriest to Date1931
109th WettestWettest to Date2019

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