Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Kansas
Precipitation Rankings, May 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1956 1-Month |
2.46" (62.48mm) | 3.85" (97.79mm) |
-1.39" (-35.31mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1966 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1956 2-Month |
3.65" (92.71mm) | 6.33" (160.78mm) |
-2.68" (-68.07mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1966 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1956 3-Month |
3.99" (101.35mm) | 8.02" (203.71mm) |
-4.03" (-102.36mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1966 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1956 4-Month |
4.49" (114.05mm) | 8.91" (226.31mm) |
-4.42" (-112.26mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1966 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1956 5-Month |
5.14" (130.56mm) | 9.58" (243.33mm) |
-4.44" (-112.77mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest to Date | 1966 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1955–May 1956 6-Month |
5.36" (136.14mm) | 10.43" (264.92mm) |
-5.07" (-128.78mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1955–May 1956 7-Month |
5.46" (138.68mm) | 11.78" (299.21mm) |
-6.32" (-160.53mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1973 | ||||
|
Oct 1955–May 1956 8-Month |
6.89" (175.01mm) | 13.76" (349.50mm) |
-6.87" (-174.49mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1955–May 1956 9-Month |
10.76" (273.30mm) | 16.62" (422.15mm) |
-5.86" (-148.85mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1953 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1955–May 1956 10-Month |
12.33" (313.18mm) | 19.73" (501.14mm) |
-7.40" (-187.96mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
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Jul 1955–May 1956 11-Month |
14.01" (355.85mm) | 23.08" (586.23mm) |
-9.07" (-230.38mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
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Jun 1955–May 1956 12-Month |
17.76" (451.10mm) | 27.08" (687.83mm) |
-9.32" (-236.73mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1953 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1954–May 1956 18-Month |
27.54" (699.52mm) | 37.51" (952.75mm) |
-9.97" (-253.23mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1937 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1974 | ||||
|
Jun 1954–May 1956 24-Month |
38.88" (987.55mm) | 54.17" (1,375.92mm) |
-15.29" (-388.37mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1954 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1994 | ||||
|
Jun 1953–May 1956 36-Month |
60.04" (1,525.02mm) | 81.15" (2,061.21mm) |
-21.11" (-536.19mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1955 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1995 | ||||
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Jun 1952–May 1956 48-Month |
76.68" (1,947.67mm) | 108.10" (2,745.74mm) |
-31.42" (-798.07mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1945 | ||||
|
Jun 1951–May 1956 60-Month |
113.68" (2,887.47mm) | 135.02" (3,429.51mm) |
-21.34" (-542.04mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1957 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 1, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/