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 December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, May 1908
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1908 1-Month |
4.13" (104.90mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
1.22" (30.99mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1907 | 1934 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1908 2-Month |
6.82" (173.23mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
1.39" (35.31mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1907 | 1934 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1908 3-Month |
9.00" (228.60mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
1.06" (26.92mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1907 | 1925 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1905 | 1957, 1991 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1908 4-Month |
11.81" (299.97mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
1.74" (44.19mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1907 | 1925 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1905 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1908 5-Month |
13.63" (346.20mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
1.24" (31.49mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1907 | 1934 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1905 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1929 | ||||||
|
Dec 1907–May 1908 6-Month |
16.32" (414.53mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
1.59" (40.39mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1907 | 1931 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1907–May 1908 7-Month |
18.57" (471.68mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
1.61" (40.90mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1907 | 1934 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1907–May 1908 8-Month |
20.60" (523.24mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
1.47" (37.34mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1907 | 1934 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1907–May 1908 9-Month |
23.11" (586.99mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
1.49" (37.84mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1906 | 1934 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1907 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1907–May 1908 10-Month |
25.66" (651.76mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
1.41" (35.81mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1906 | 1918 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1907 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1946 | ||||||
|
Jul 1907–May 1908 11-Month |
28.66" (727.96mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
1.63" (41.40mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1906 | 1931 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1907 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1907–May 1908 12-Month |
31.78" (807.21mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
1.83" (46.48mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1906 | 1934 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1907 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1952 | ||||||
|
Dec 1906–May 1908 18-Month |
47.45" (1,205.23mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
2.75" (69.85mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1905 | 1931 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1907 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1906–May 1908 24-Month |
64.66" (1,642.36mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
4.74" (120.39mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1907 | 1931 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1905–May 1908 36-Month |
96.00" (2,438.40mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
6.12" (155.45mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1907 | 1955 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1904–May 1908 48-Month |
125.91" (3,198.11mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
6.13" (155.70mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1907 | 1956 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1903–May 1908 60-Month |
154.01" (3,911.85mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
4.37" (110.99mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1906 | 1957 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1907 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1949 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 22, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/