Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, May 1898
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1898 1-Month |
3.23" (82.04mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
0.32" (8.13mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1934 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1979 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 1898 2-Month |
5.25" (133.35mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
-0.18" (-4.57mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1934 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1994 | ||||||
|
Mar–May 1898 3-Month |
7.67" (194.82mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
-0.27" (-6.86mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1925 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1957, 1991 | ||||
| Ties: 2005 | ||||||
|
Feb–May 1898 4-Month |
9.32" (236.73mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
-0.75" (-19.05mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1925 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1898 5-Month |
11.75" (298.45mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
-0.64" (-16.26mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1934 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1897–May 1898 6-Month |
14.31" (363.47mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
-0.42" (-10.67mm) | 49th Driest | Driest to Date | 1931 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1897–May 1898 7-Month |
16.60" (421.64mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
-0.36" (-9.14mm) | 56th Driest | Driest to Date | 1934 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1897–May 1898 8-Month |
18.43" (468.12mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
-0.70" (-17.78mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1934 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1897–May 1898 9-Month |
20.00" (508.00mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
-1.62" (-41.15mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1934 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1897–May 1898 10-Month |
22.30" (566.42mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
-1.95" (-49.53mm) | 20th Driest | Driest to Date | 1918 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1959, 2001 | ||||||
|
Jul 1897–May 1898 11-Month |
25.23" (640.84mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
-1.80" (-45.72mm) | 24th Driest | Driest to Date | 1931 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1897–May 1898 12-Month |
28.11" (713.99mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
-1.84" (-46.74mm) | 26th Driest | Driest to Date | 1934 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1896–May 1898 18-Month |
42.95" (1,090.93mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
-1.75" (-44.45mm) | 29th Driest | Driest to Date | 1931 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1896–May 1898 24-Month |
58.81" (1,493.77mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-1.11" (-28.20mm) | 41st Driest | Driest to Date | 1931 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1895–May 1898 36-Month |
87.18" (2,214.37mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
-2.70" (-68.58mm) | 36th Driest | Driest to Date | 1955 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 23, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/