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 August 2019. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, May 1905
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Amomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1905 1-Month |
3.74" (95.00mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
0.83" (21.09mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1934 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1905 2-Month |
6.54" (166.12mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
1.11" (28.20mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1934 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1905 3-Month |
9.48" (240.79mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
1.54" (39.11mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1925 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1957, 1991 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1905 4-Month |
11.83" (300.48mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
1.76" (44.70mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1925 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1905 5-Month |
14.01" (355.85mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
1.62" (41.14mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1934 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1904–May 1905 6-Month |
16.17" (410.72mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
1.44" (36.58mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1931 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1974 | ||||||
|
Nov 1904–May 1905 7-Month |
17.19" (436.63mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
0.23" (5.85mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1934 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1904–May 1905 8-Month |
18.85" (478.79mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
-0.28" (-7.11mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1934 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1904–May 1905 9-Month |
21.18" (537.97mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
-0.44" (-11.18mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1934 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1904–May 1905 10-Month |
23.87" (606.30mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
-0.38" (-9.65mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1918 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1904–May 1905 11-Month |
26.80" (680.72mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
-0.23" (-5.84mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1931 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1901 | ||||||
|
Jun 1904–May 1905 12-Month |
29.91" (759.71mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
-0.04" (-1.02mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1934 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1903–May 1905 18-Month |
43.40" (1,102.36mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
-1.30" (-33.02mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1902 | 1931 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1904 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1903–May 1905 24-Month |
58.01" (1,473.45mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-1.91" (-48.52mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1902 | 1931 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1904 | 1974 | ||||
|
Jun 1902–May 1905 36-Month |
90.19" (2,290.83mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
0.31" (7.88mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1955 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1901–May 1905 48-Month |
117.98" (2,996.69mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-1.80" (-45.72mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1956 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1900–May 1905 60-Month |
147.81" (3,754.37mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
-1.83" (-46.49mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1957 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published September 2019, retrieved on September 20, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/