Climate at a Glance
Regional 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 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, May 2008
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 2008 1-Month |
3.84" (97.54mm) | 4.05" (102.87mm) |
-0.21" (-5.33mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1998 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1938 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 2008 2-Month |
7.20" (182.88mm) | 7.26" (184.40mm) |
-0.06" (-1.52mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1998 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–May 2008 3-Month |
10.60" (269.24mm) | 9.96" (252.98mm) |
0.64" (16.26mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1925 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–May 2008 4-Month |
12.97" (329.44mm) | 12.19" (309.63mm) |
0.78" (19.81mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1925 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–May 2008 5-Month |
14.45" (367.03mm) | 14.42" (366.27mm) |
0.03" (0.76mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1963 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1939 | ||||||
|
Dec 2007–May 2008 6-Month |
16.93" (430.02mm) | 16.92" (429.77mm) |
0.01" (0.25mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1963 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov 2007–May 2008 7-Month |
18.29" (464.57mm) | 19.34" (491.24mm) |
-1.05" (-26.67mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1971 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2007–May 2008 8-Month |
20.81" (528.57mm) | 22.04" (559.82mm) |
-1.23" (-31.25mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1925 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2007–May 2008 9-Month |
23.92" (607.57mm) | 25.25" (641.35mm) |
-1.33" (-33.78mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1918 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2007–May 2008 10-Month |
26.57" (674.88mm) | 28.19" (716.03mm) |
-1.62" (-41.15mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1925 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1959 | ||||||
|
Jul 2007–May 2008 11-Month |
32.02" (813.31mm) | 31.39" (797.31mm) |
0.63" (16.00mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1925 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2007–May 2008 12-Month |
37.55" (953.77mm) | 34.90" (886.46mm) |
2.65" (67.31mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1925 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2006–May 2008 18-Month |
57.66" (1,464.56mm) | 51.87" (1,317.50mm) |
5.79" (147.06mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1918 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun 2006–May 2008 24-Month |
75.03" (1,905.76mm) | 69.89" (1,775.21mm) |
5.14" (130.55mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1918 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2005–May 2008 36-Month |
103.57" (2,630.68mm) | 104.83" (2,662.68mm) |
-1.26" (-32.00mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1956 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1975 | ||||
|
Jun 2004–May 2008 48-Month |
144.59" (3,672.59mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
4.88" (123.96mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1956 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1975 | ||||
|
Jun 2003–May 2008 60-Month |
182.10" (4,625.34mm) | 174.45" (4,431.03mm) |
7.65" (194.31mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1957 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/