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 April 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, May 2018
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 2018 1-Month |
3.02" (76.71mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
0.11" (2.80mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–May 2018 2-Month |
5.48" (139.19mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1934 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–May 2018 3-Month |
7.96" (202.18mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
0.02" (0.50mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1925 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1957, 1991 | ||||
| Ties: 1896, 1989 | ||||||
|
Feb–May 2018 4-Month |
10.85" (275.59mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
0.78" (19.81mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1925 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1948 | ||||||
|
Jan–May 2018 5-Month |
12.70" (322.58mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
0.31" (7.87mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2017–May 2018 6-Month |
14.29" (362.97mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
-0.44" (-11.17mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1931 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–May 2018 7-Month |
15.91" (404.11mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
-1.05" (-26.67mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1934 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 2017–May 2018 8-Month |
18.51" (470.15mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
-0.62" (-15.75mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–May 2018 9-Month |
20.78" (527.81mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
-0.84" (-21.34mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1934 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2017–May 2018 10-Month |
24.20" (614.68mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1918 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2017–May 2018 11-Month |
27.00" (685.80mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
-0.03" (-0.76mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1931 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2017–May 2018 12-Month |
30.07" (763.78mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
0.12" (3.05mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1934 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2016–May 2018 18-Month |
47.73" (1,212.34mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
3.03" (76.96mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2016–May 2018 24-Month |
63.47" (1,612.14mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
3.55" (90.17mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1974 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–May 2018 36-Month |
98.05" (2,490.47mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
8.17" (207.52mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1955 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2014–May 2018 48-Month |
130.19" (3,306.83mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
10.41" (264.42mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1956 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2013–May 2018 60-Month |
160.57" (4,078.48mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
10.93" (277.62mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1957 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2020, retrieved on May 27, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/