Climate at a Glance
National 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 January 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, May 1899
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1899 1-Month |
2.74" (69.60mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
-0.17" (-4.31mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1934 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1899 2-Month |
4.52" (114.81mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
-0.91" (-23.11mm) | 9th Driest | Driest to Date | 1934 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1985 | ||||||
|
Mar–May 1899 3-Month |
7.34" (186.44mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
-0.60" (-15.24mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1925 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1957, 1991 | ||||
| Ties: 1972 | ||||||
|
Feb–May 1899 4-Month |
9.62" (244.35mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1925 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1899 5-Month |
12.23" (310.64mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
-0.16" (-4.07mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1934 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1898–May 1899 6-Month |
13.95" (354.33mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
-0.78" (-19.81mm) | 40th Driest | Driest to Date | 1931 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1914 | ||||||
|
Nov 1898–May 1899 7-Month |
16.21" (411.73mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
-0.75" (-19.05mm) | 41st Driest | Driest to Date | 1934 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1898–May 1899 8-Month |
18.71" (475.23mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
-0.42" (-10.67mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1934 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1898–May 1899 9-Month |
21.04" (534.42mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
-0.58" (-14.73mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1934 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1898–May 1899 10-Month |
24.10" (612.14mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
-0.15" (-3.81mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1918 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1898–May 1899 11-Month |
26.98" (685.29mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1931 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1965 | ||||||
|
Jun 1898–May 1899 12-Month |
30.05" (763.27mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
0.10" (2.54mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1934 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1897–May 1899 18-Month |
44.36" (1,126.74mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
-0.34" (-8.64mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1931 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1915 | ||||||
|
Jun 1897–May 1899 24-Month |
58.16" (1,477.26mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-1.76" (-44.71mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest to Date | 1931 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1896–May 1899 36-Month |
88.86" (2,257.04mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
-1.02" (-25.91mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1955 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1895–May 1899 48-Month |
117.23" (2,977.64mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-2.55" (-64.77mm) | 37th Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 5, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/