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 January 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Nebraska
Precipitation Rankings, May 1939
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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May 1939 1-Month |
2.59" (65.79mm) | 3.50" (88.90mm) |
-0.91" (-23.11mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1966 |
96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1995 | ||||
Apr–May 1939 2-Month |
3.96" (100.58mm) | 5.75" (146.05mm) |
-1.79" (-45.47mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1934 |
107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1995 | ||||
Mar–May 1939 3-Month |
5.15" (130.81mm) | 7.04" (178.82mm) |
-1.89" (-48.01mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1934 |
107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1977 | ||||
Ties: 1943 | ||||||
Feb–May 1939 4-Month |
6.06" (153.92mm) | 7.69" (195.33mm) |
-1.63" (-41.41mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1934 |
102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1977 | ||||
Jan–May 1939 5-Month |
6.79" (172.47mm) | 8.19" (208.03mm) |
-1.40" (-35.56mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1934 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1915 | ||||
Dec 1938–May 1939 6-Month |
6.97" (177.04mm) | 8.79" (223.27mm) |
-1.82" (-46.23mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1989 |
103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2007 | ||||
Nov 1938–May 1939 7-Month |
7.68" (195.07mm) | 9.64" (244.86mm) |
-1.96" (-49.79mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1934 |
102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2016 | ||||
Oct 1938–May 1939 8-Month |
7.84" (199.14mm) | 11.05" (280.67mm) |
-3.21" (-81.53mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1934 |
116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
Sep 1938–May 1939 9-Month |
10.78" (273.81mm) | 13.21" (335.53mm) |
-2.43" (-61.72mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1934 |
103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1938–May 1939 10-Month |
12.68" (322.07mm) | 15.90" (403.86mm) |
-3.22" (-81.79mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1956 |
116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2007 | ||||
Jul 1938–May 1939 11-Month |
15.99" (406.15mm) | 18.96" (481.58mm) |
-2.97" (-75.43mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1956 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1938–May 1939 12-Month |
18.71" (475.23mm) | 22.65" (575.31mm) |
-3.94" (-100.08mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1937 |
113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1937–May 1939 18-Month |
29.42" (747.27mm) | 31.46" (799.08mm) |
-2.04" (-51.81mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1937 |
92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 1916 | ||||
Jun 1937–May 1939 24-Month |
40.59" (1,030.99mm) | 45.30" (1,150.62mm) |
-4.71" (-119.63mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1937 |
106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 1936 | ||||||
Jun 1936–May 1939 36-Month |
54.12" (1,374.65mm) | 67.85" (1,723.39mm) |
-13.73" (-348.74mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1956 |
120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1995 | ||||
Ties: 1937 | ||||||
Jun 1935–May 1939 48-Month |
72.41" (1,839.21mm) | 90.40" (2,296.16mm) |
-17.99" (-456.95mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1937 |
119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1934–May 1939 60-Month |
94.71" (2,405.63mm) | 112.95" (2,868.93mm) |
-18.24" (-463.30mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1940 |
116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2019 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 27, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/