Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, May 1946
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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May 1946 1-Month |
5.72" (145.29mm) | 4.05" (102.87mm) |
1.67" (42.42mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1998 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1908 | ||||||
Apr–May 1946 2-Month |
8.25" (209.55mm) | 7.26" (184.40mm) |
0.99" (25.15mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1998 |
33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2015 | ||||
Mar–May 1946 3-Month |
11.41" (289.81mm) | 9.96" (252.98mm) |
1.45" (36.83mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1925 |
33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2015 | ||||
Feb–May 1946 4-Month |
14.23" (361.44mm) | 12.19" (309.63mm) |
2.04" (51.81mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1925 |
24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2015 | ||||
Jan–May 1946 5-Month |
18.51" (470.15mm) | 14.42" (366.27mm) |
4.09" (103.88mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1963 |
13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2015 | ||||
Dec 1945–May 1946 6-Month |
20.37" (517.40mm) | 16.92" (429.77mm) |
3.45" (87.63mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1963 |
17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2015 | ||||
Nov 1945–May 1946 7-Month |
21.71" (551.43mm) | 19.34" (491.24mm) |
2.37" (60.19mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1971 |
37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2016 | ||||
Oct 1945–May 1946 8-Month |
24.66" (626.36mm) | 22.04" (559.82mm) |
2.62" (66.54mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1925 |
39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
Sep 1945–May 1946 9-Month |
28.85" (732.79mm) | 25.25" (641.35mm) |
3.60" (91.44mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1918 |
26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1945–May 1946 10-Month |
31.82" (808.23mm) | 28.19" (716.03mm) |
3.63" (92.20mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1925 |
27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 1945–May 1946 11-Month |
36.02" (914.91mm) | 31.39" (797.31mm) |
4.63" (117.60mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1925 |
16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1945–May 1946 12-Month |
40.55" (1,029.97mm) | 34.90" (886.46mm) |
5.65" (143.51mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1925 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1944–May 1946 18-Month |
61.37" (1,558.80mm) | 51.87" (1,317.50mm) |
9.50" (241.30mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1918 |
8th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
Jun 1944–May 1946 24-Month |
78.49" (1,993.65mm) | 69.89" (1,775.21mm) |
8.60" (218.44mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1918 |
15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2020 | ||||
Jun 1943–May 1946 36-Month |
114.18" (2,900.17mm) | 104.83" (2,662.68mm) |
9.35" (237.49mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1956 |
22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 1975 | ||||
Jun 1942–May 1946 48-Month |
149.17" (3,788.92mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
9.46" (240.29mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1956 |
24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1975 | ||||
Jun 1941–May 1946 60-Month |
189.50" (4,813.30mm) | 174.45" (4,431.03mm) |
15.05" (382.27mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1957 |
13th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/