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 1945
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1945 1-Month |
2.87" (72.90mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
-0.04" (-1.01mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1934 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1960 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 1945 2-Month |
5.92" (150.37mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
0.49" (12.45mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1934 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1945 3-Month |
9.04" (229.62mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
1.10" (27.94mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1925 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1957, 1991 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1945 4-Month |
11.79" (299.47mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
1.72" (43.69mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1925 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1945 5-Month |
13.59" (345.19mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
1.20" (30.48mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1934 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1944–May 1945 6-Month |
15.65" (397.51mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
0.92" (23.37mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1931 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1944–May 1945 7-Month |
18.33" (465.58mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
1.37" (34.80mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1944–May 1945 8-Month |
19.67" (499.62mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
0.54" (13.72mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1947 | ||||||
|
Sep 1944–May 1945 9-Month |
22.06" (560.32mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
0.44" (11.17mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1944–May 1945 10-Month |
25.02" (635.51mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
0.77" (19.56mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1918 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1933 | ||||||
|
Jul 1944–May 1945 11-Month |
27.33" (694.18mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1931 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1944–May 1945 12-Month |
30.34" (770.64mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
0.39" (9.91mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1947 | ||||||
|
Dec 1943–May 1945 18-Month |
45.95" (1,167.13mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
1.25" (31.75mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1931 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1943–May 1945 24-Month |
59.14" (1,502.16mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-0.78" (-19.81mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1931 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1942–May 1945 36-Month |
90.31" (2,293.87mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1955 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1941–May 1945 48-Month |
123.54" (3,137.92mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
3.76" (95.51mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1956 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1909 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1940–May 1945 60-Month |
153.13" (3,889.50mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
3.49" (88.64mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1957 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1910 | 2020 | ||||
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/