Climate at a Glance
Statewide 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 November 2019. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Maryland
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 |
1.82" (46.23mm) | 3.73" (94.74mm) |
-1.91" (-48.51mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1964 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1957 2-Month |
4.85" (123.19mm) | 7.21" (183.13mm) |
-2.36" (-59.94mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1963 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 1983 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1957 3-Month |
7.77" (197.36mm) | 10.99" (279.15mm) |
-3.22" (-81.79mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1986 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1957 4-Month |
11.21" (284.73mm) | 13.88" (352.55mm) |
-2.67" (-67.82mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 2006 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1957 5-Month |
14.02" (356.11mm) | 17.23" (437.64mm) |
-3.21" (-81.53mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1969 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1956–May 1957 6-Month |
17.48" (443.99mm) | 20.52" (521.21mm) |
-3.04" (-77.22mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1986 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1956–May 1957 7-Month |
21.07" (535.18mm) | 23.51" (597.15mm) |
-2.44" (-61.97mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1977 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 1998 | ||||
|
Oct 1956–May 1957 8-Month |
25.45" (646.43mm) | 26.64" (676.66mm) |
-1.19" (-30.23mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1925 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 1984 | ||||
| Ties: 1935 | ||||||
|
Sep 1956–May 1957 9-Month |
29.16" (740.66mm) | 30.19" (766.83mm) |
-1.03" (-26.17mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 2002 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1956–May 1957 10-Month |
32.24" (818.90mm) | 34.56" (877.82mm) |
-2.32" (-58.92mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1931 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1956–May 1957 11-Month |
38.94" (989.08mm) | 38.72" (983.49mm) |
0.22" (5.59mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1931 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1956–May 1957 12-Month |
42.55" (1,080.77mm) | 42.56" (1,081.02mm) |
-0.01" (-0.25mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1931 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1955–May 1957 18-Month |
58.92" (1,496.57mm) | 63.04" (1,601.22mm) |
-4.12" (-104.65mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1931 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1955–May 1957 24-Month |
86.96" (2,208.78mm) | 85.05" (2,160.27mm) |
1.91" (48.51mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1931 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1954–May 1957 36-Month |
121.43" (3,084.32mm) | 127.65" (3,242.31mm) |
-6.22" (-157.99mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1967 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2005 | ||||
|
Jun 1953–May 1957 48-Month |
156.10" (3,964.94mm) | 170.18" (4,322.57mm) |
-14.08" (-357.63mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1933 | 1966 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1952–May 1957 60-Month |
205.64" (5,223.26mm) | 212.57" (5,399.28mm) |
-6.93" (-176.02mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1969 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 1976 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published December 2019, retrieved on December 11, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/