Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, May 1957
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1957 1-Month |
6.39" (162.31mm) | 4.05" (102.87mm) |
2.34" (59.44mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1998 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1957 2-Month |
13.10" (332.74mm) | 7.26" (184.40mm) |
5.84" (148.34mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1998 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1957 3-Month |
16.67" (423.42mm) | 9.96" (252.98mm) |
6.71" (170.44mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1925 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1957 4-Month |
19.07" (484.38mm) | 12.19" (309.63mm) |
6.88" (174.75mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1925 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1957 5-Month |
21.06" (534.92mm) | 14.42" (366.27mm) |
6.64" (168.65mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1963 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Dec 1956–May 1957 6-Month |
23.38" (593.85mm) | 16.92" (429.77mm) |
6.46" (164.08mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1963 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov 1956–May 1957 7-Month |
25.09" (637.29mm) | 19.34" (491.24mm) |
5.75" (146.05mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1971 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1956–May 1957 8-Month |
27.10" (688.34mm) | 22.04" (559.82mm) |
5.06" (128.52mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1925 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1919 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1956–May 1957 9-Month |
27.90" (708.66mm) | 25.25" (641.35mm) |
2.65" (67.31mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1918 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1935 | ||||||
|
Aug 1956–May 1957 10-Month |
29.56" (750.82mm) | 28.19" (716.03mm) |
1.37" (34.79mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1925 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1956–May 1957 11-Month |
31.67" (804.42mm) | 31.39" (797.31mm) |
0.28" (7.11mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1925 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1956–May 1957 12-Month |
33.93" (861.82mm) | 34.90" (886.46mm) |
-0.97" (-24.64mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1925 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1955–May 1957 18-Month |
46.20" (1,173.48mm) | 51.87" (1,317.50mm) |
-5.67" (-144.02mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1918 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun 1955–May 1957 24-Month |
61.26" (1,556.00mm) | 69.89" (1,775.21mm) |
-8.63" (-219.21mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1918 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun 1954–May 1957 36-Month |
88.08" (2,237.23mm) | 104.83" (2,662.68mm) |
-16.75" (-425.45mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1975 | ||||
|
Jun 1953–May 1957 48-Month |
116.27" (2,953.26mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
-23.44" (-595.37mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1975 | ||||
|
Jun 1952–May 1957 60-Month |
144.76" (3,676.90mm) | 174.45" (4,431.03mm) |
-29.69" (-754.13mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1957 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published December 2019, retrieved on December 15, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/