Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, May 1918
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1918 1-Month |
2.74" (69.60mm) | 4.05" (102.87mm) |
-1.31" (-33.27mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1998 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1918 2-Month |
6.98" (177.29mm) | 7.26" (184.40mm) |
-0.28" (-7.11mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1998 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1918 3-Month |
8.40" (213.36mm) | 9.96" (252.98mm) |
-1.56" (-39.62mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1925 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1918 4-Month |
9.42" (239.27mm) | 12.19" (309.63mm) |
-2.77" (-70.36mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1925 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1960 | ||||||
|
Jan–May 1918 5-Month |
11.32" (287.53mm) | 14.42" (366.27mm) |
-3.10" (-78.74mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1963 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2015 | ||||
|
Dec 1917–May 1918 6-Month |
11.94" (303.28mm) | 16.92" (429.77mm) |
-4.98" (-126.49mm) | 6th Driest | Driest to Date | 1963 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov 1917–May 1918 7-Month |
12.99" (329.95mm) | 19.34" (491.24mm) |
-6.35" (-161.29mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1971 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1904 | ||||||
|
Oct 1917–May 1918 8-Month |
13.61" (345.69mm) | 22.04" (559.82mm) |
-8.43" (-214.13mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1925 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1917–May 1918 9-Month |
15.68" (398.27mm) | 25.25" (641.35mm) |
-9.57" (-243.08mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1918 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1917–May 1918 10-Month |
19.24" (488.70mm) | 28.19" (716.03mm) |
-8.95" (-227.33mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1925 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1917–May 1918 11-Month |
22.04" (559.82mm) | 31.39" (797.31mm) |
-9.35" (-237.49mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1925 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1917–May 1918 12-Month |
23.75" (603.25mm) | 34.90" (886.46mm) |
-11.15" (-283.21mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1925 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1916–May 1918 18-Month |
36.00" (914.40mm) | 51.87" (1,317.50mm) |
-15.87" (-403.10mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1918 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun 1916–May 1918 24-Month |
51.43" (1,306.32mm) | 69.89" (1,775.21mm) |
-18.46" (-468.89mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1918 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1915–May 1918 36-Month |
86.71" (2,202.43mm) | 104.83" (2,662.68mm) |
-18.12" (-460.25mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 1975 | ||||
|
Jun 1914–May 1918 48-Month |
123.70" (3,141.98mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
-16.01" (-406.65mm) | 5th Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 1975 | ||||
|
Jun 1913–May 1918 60-Month |
161.35" (4,098.29mm) | 174.45" (4,431.03mm) |
-13.10" (-332.74mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1913 | 1957 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 22, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/