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 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 2020 1-Month |
4.33" (109.98mm) | 4.05" (102.87mm) |
0.28" (7.11mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1998 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1903 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 2020 2-Month |
7.47" (189.74mm) | 7.26" (184.40mm) |
0.21" (5.34mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1998 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–May 2020 3-Month |
11.43" (290.32mm) | 9.96" (252.98mm) |
1.47" (37.34mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1941 | ||||||
|
Feb–May 2020 4-Month |
14.58" (370.33mm) | 12.19" (309.63mm) |
2.39" (60.70mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–May 2020 5-Month |
18.07" (458.98mm) | 14.42" (366.27mm) |
3.65" (92.71mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1963 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–May 2020 6-Month |
19.73" (501.14mm) | 16.92" (429.77mm) |
2.81" (71.37mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1963 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–May 2020 7-Month |
21.59" (548.39mm) | 19.34" (491.24mm) |
2.25" (57.15mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1971 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–May 2020 8-Month |
25.96" (659.38mm) | 22.04" (559.82mm) |
3.92" (99.56mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–May 2020 9-Month |
28.13" (714.50mm) | 25.25" (641.35mm) |
2.88" (73.15mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–May 2020 10-Month |
31.73" (805.94mm) | 28.19" (716.03mm) |
3.54" (89.91mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–May 2020 11-Month |
34.54" (877.32mm) | 31.39" (797.31mm) |
3.15" (80.01mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–May 2020 12-Month |
39.37" (1,000.00mm) | 34.90" (886.46mm) |
4.47" (113.54mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2018–May 2020 18-Month |
63.05" (1,601.47mm) | 51.87" (1,317.50mm) |
11.18" (283.97mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1918 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun 2018–May 2020 24-Month |
87.56" (2,224.02mm) | 69.89" (1,775.21mm) |
17.67" (448.81mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1918 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2017–May 2020 36-Month |
122.97" (3,123.44mm) | 104.83" (2,662.68mm) |
18.14" (460.76mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1956 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1975 | ||||
|
Jun 2016–May 2020 48-Month |
160.40" (4,074.16mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
20.69" (525.53mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1956 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1975 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–May 2020 60-Month |
203.25" (5,162.55mm) | 174.45" (4,431.03mm) |
28.80" (731.52mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 17, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/