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 1946
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Amomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1946 1-Month |
3.75" (95.25mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
0.84" (21.34mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1934 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1946 2-Month |
5.41" (137.41mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
-0.02" (-0.51mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1934 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1918, 1955 | ||||||
|
Mar–May 1946 3-Month |
8.08" (205.23mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
0.14" (3.55mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1925 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1957, 1991 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1946 4-Month |
10.14" (257.56mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
0.07" (1.78mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1925 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1946 5-Month |
12.68" (322.07mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
0.29" (7.36mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1934 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2018 | ||||||
|
Dec 1945–May 1946 6-Month |
15.38" (390.65mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
0.65" (16.51mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1931 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1945–May 1946 7-Month |
17.62" (447.55mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
0.66" (16.77mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1945–May 1946 8-Month |
19.62" (498.35mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
0.49" (12.45mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1934 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1986, 1987 | ||||||
|
Sep 1945–May 1946 9-Month |
23.06" (585.72mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
1.44" (36.57mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1934 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1945–May 1946 10-Month |
25.66" (651.76mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
1.41" (35.81mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1918 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1908 | ||||||
|
Jul 1945–May 1946 11-Month |
28.71" (729.23mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
1.68" (42.67mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1931 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1945–May 1946 12-Month |
32.12" (815.85mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
2.17" (55.12mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1934 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1944–May 1946 18-Month |
47.77" (1,213.36mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
3.07" (77.98mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1931 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2010 | ||||||
|
Jun 1944–May 1946 24-Month |
62.46" (1,586.48mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
2.54" (64.51mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1931 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 1974 | ||||
| Ties: 1947 | ||||||
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Jun 1943–May 1946 36-Month |
91.26" (2,318.00mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
1.38" (35.05mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1955 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2019 | ||||
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Jun 1942–May 1946 48-Month |
122.43" (3,109.72mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
2.65" (67.31mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1956 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1941–May 1946 60-Month |
155.66" (3,953.76mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
6.02" (152.90mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1957 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 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/