Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Minnesota
Precipitation Rankings, May 1974
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1974 1-Month |
3.92" (99.57mm) | 3.13" (79.50mm) |
0.79" (20.07mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1900 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1938 | ||||
| Ties: 1977 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 1974 2-Month |
6.40" (162.56mm) | 5.18" (131.57mm) |
1.22" (30.99mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1976 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1896 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1974 3-Month |
7.28" (184.91mm) | 6.44" (163.58mm) |
0.84" (21.33mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1934 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1896 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1974 4-Month |
7.98" (202.69mm) | 7.13" (181.10mm) |
0.85" (21.59mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1934 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1896 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1974 5-Month |
8.43" (214.12mm) | 7.92" (201.17mm) |
0.51" (12.95mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1934 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1896 | ||||
|
Dec 1973–May 1974 6-Month |
9.39" (238.51mm) | 8.73" (221.74mm) |
0.66" (16.77mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1958 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1896 | ||||
|
Nov 1973–May 1974 7-Month |
11.08" (281.43mm) | 10.01" (254.25mm) |
1.07" (27.18mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1900 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2001 | ||||
|
Oct 1973–May 1974 8-Month |
13.93" (353.82mm) | 11.94" (303.28mm) |
1.99" (50.54mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1926 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2001 | ||||
|
Sep 1973–May 1974 9-Month |
18.28" (464.31mm) | 14.86" (377.44mm) |
3.42" (86.87mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1900 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2011 | ||||
|
Aug 1973–May 1974 10-Month |
22.15" (562.61mm) | 18.33" (465.58mm) |
3.82" (97.03mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1934 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul 1973–May 1974 11-Month |
26.27" (667.26mm) | 21.94" (557.28mm) |
4.33" (109.98mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1934 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jun 1973–May 1974 12-Month |
29.08" (738.63mm) | 26.01" (660.65mm) |
3.07" (77.98mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1934 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2011 | ||||
|
Dec 1972–May 1974 18-Month |
37.90" (962.66mm) | 34.71" (881.63mm) |
3.19" (81.03mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1911 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jun 1972–May 1974 24-Month |
56.03" (1,423.16mm) | 52.01" (1,321.05mm) |
4.02" (102.11mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1934 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun 1971–May 1974 36-Month |
85.99" (2,184.15mm) | 77.96" (1,980.18mm) |
8.03" (203.97mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1935 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1908 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1970–May 1974 48-Month |
112.26" (2,851.40mm) | 103.89" (2,638.81mm) |
8.37" (212.59mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1973 | 1934 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1969–May 1974 60-Month |
137.88" (3,502.15mm) | 129.81" (3,297.17mm) |
8.07" (204.98mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1934 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
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/