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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, May 1958
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1958 1-Month |
2.46" (62.48mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1934 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1958 2-Month |
5.51" (139.95mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
0.08" (2.03mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1934 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1958 3-Month |
8.17" (207.52mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
0.23" (5.84mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1925 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1957, 1991 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1958 4-Month |
10.60" (269.24mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
0.53" (13.46mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1925 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1997 | ||||||
|
Jan–May 1958 5-Month |
12.89" (327.41mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
0.50" (12.70mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1934 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1957–May 1958 6-Month |
15.29" (388.37mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
0.56" (14.23mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1931 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1916, 1980 | ||||||
|
Nov 1957–May 1958 7-Month |
18.41" (467.61mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
1.45" (36.83mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1934 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1957–May 1958 8-Month |
21.17" (537.72mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
2.04" (51.82mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1934 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1957–May 1958 9-Month |
24.03" (610.36mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
2.41" (61.21mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1934 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1927 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1957–May 1958 10-Month |
26.22" (665.99mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
1.97" (50.04mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1918 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1957–May 1958 11-Month |
28.50" (723.90mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
1.47" (37.34mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1931 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1957–May 1958 12-Month |
32.15" (816.61mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
2.20" (55.88mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1934 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1956–May 1958 18-Month |
48.76" (1,238.50mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
4.06" (103.12mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1931 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1956–May 1958 24-Month |
60.76" (1,543.30mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
0.84" (21.33mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1931 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1955–May 1958 36-Month |
88.58" (2,249.93mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
-1.30" (-33.02mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1955 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1954–May 1958 48-Month |
114.75" (2,914.65mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-5.03" (-127.76mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1956 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1953–May 1958 60-Month |
140.81" (3,576.57mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
-8.83" (-224.29mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1957 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/