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 March 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, May 2002
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 2002 1-Month |
2.64" (67.06mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
-0.27" (-6.85mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1934 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1917 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 2002 2-Month |
4.90" (124.46mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
-0.53" (-13.46mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1934 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–May 2002 3-Month |
7.49" (190.25mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1925 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1957, 1991 | ||||
|
Feb–May 2002 4-Month |
8.81" (223.77mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
-1.26" (-32.01mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1925 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–May 2002 5-Month |
10.82" (274.83mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
-1.57" (-39.88mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1934 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2001–May 2002 6-Month |
13.18" (334.77mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
-1.55" (-39.37mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1931 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2001–May 2002 7-Month |
15.57" (395.48mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
-1.39" (-35.30mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1934 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1939, 1954 | ||||||
|
Oct 2001–May 2002 8-Month |
17.63" (447.80mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
-1.50" (-38.10mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1934 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2001–May 2002 9-Month |
20.08" (510.03mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
-1.54" (-39.12mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 2000 | 1934 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2001–May 2002 10-Month |
22.49" (571.25mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
-1.76" (-44.70mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1918 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2001–May 2002 11-Month |
25.21" (640.33mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
-1.82" (-46.23mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1931 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1953 | ||||||
|
Jun 2001–May 2002 12-Month |
28.33" (719.58mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
-1.62" (-41.15mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1934 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2000–May 2002 18-Month |
41.55" (1,055.37mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
-3.15" (-80.01mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1931 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2000–May 2002 24-Month |
56.38" (1,432.05mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-3.54" (-89.92mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1931 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1999–May 2002 36-Month |
83.51" (2,121.15mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
-6.37" (-161.80mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1955 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1998–May 2002 48-Month |
115.32" (2,929.13mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-4.46" (-113.28mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1956 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1997–May 2002 60-Month |
148.87" (3,781.30mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
-0.77" (-19.56mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1957 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 16, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/