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 1922
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1922 1-Month |
3.11" (78.99mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
0.20" (5.08mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1934 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1922 2-Month |
6.19" (157.23mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
0.76" (19.31mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1934 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1922 3-Month |
9.65" (245.11mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
1.71" (43.43mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1925 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1957, 1991 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1922 4-Month |
12.09" (307.09mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
2.02" (51.31mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1925 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1922 5-Month |
14.12" (358.65mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
1.73" (43.94mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1934 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1921–May 1922 6-Month |
16.36" (415.54mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
1.63" (41.40mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1931 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1912 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1921–May 1922 7-Month |
18.77" (476.76mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
1.81" (45.98mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1934 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1921–May 1922 8-Month |
20.23" (513.84mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
1.10" (27.94mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1934 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2003 | ||||||
|
Sep 1921–May 1922 9-Month |
22.80" (579.12mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
1.18" (29.97mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1934 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1921–May 1922 10-Month |
25.40" (645.16mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
1.15" (29.21mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1918 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1921–May 1922 11-Month |
28.26" (717.80mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
1.23" (31.24mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1931 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1921–May 1922 12-Month |
31.16" (791.46mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
1.21" (30.73mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1934 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1920–May 1922 18-Month |
45.65" (1,159.51mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
0.95" (24.13mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1931 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1920–May 1922 24-Month |
61.51" (1,562.35mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
1.59" (40.38mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1931 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1921 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1959 | ||||||
|
Jun 1919–May 1922 36-Month |
93.09" (2,364.49mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
3.21" (81.54mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1955 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1909 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1918–May 1922 48-Month |
123.35" (3,133.09mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
3.57" (90.68mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1956 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1909 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1917–May 1922 60-Month |
148.29" (3,766.57mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
-1.35" (-34.29mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1957 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 8, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/