Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Nebraska
Precipitation Rankings, May 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1979 1-Month |
3.02" (76.71mm) | 3.50" (88.90mm) |
-0.48" (-12.19mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1966 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1995 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1979 2-Month |
5.10" (129.54mm) | 5.75" (146.05mm) |
-0.65" (-16.51mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1934 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1995 | ||||
| Ties: 1998 | ||||||
|
Mar–May 1979 3-Month |
8.11" (205.99mm) | 7.04" (178.82mm) |
1.07" (27.17mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1934 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1977 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1979 4-Month |
8.30" (210.82mm) | 7.69" (195.33mm) |
0.61" (15.49mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1934 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1952 | ||||||
|
Jan–May 1979 5-Month |
9.18" (233.17mm) | 8.19" (208.03mm) |
0.99" (25.14mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1934 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1915 | ||||
|
Dec 1978–May 1979 6-Month |
9.97" (253.24mm) | 8.80" (223.52mm) |
1.17" (29.72mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1989 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2007 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–May 1979 7-Month |
10.92" (277.37mm) | 9.64" (244.86mm) |
1.28" (32.51mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1975 | 1934 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1978–May 1979 8-Month |
11.53" (292.86mm) | 11.05" (280.67mm) |
0.48" (12.19mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1934 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–May 1979 9-Month |
12.92" (328.17mm) | 13.21" (335.53mm) |
-0.29" (-7.36mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1934 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1988 | ||||||
|
Aug 1978–May 1979 10-Month |
15.63" (397.00mm) | 15.90" (403.86mm) |
-0.27" (-6.86mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1956 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2007 | ||||
|
Jul 1978–May 1979 11-Month |
19.93" (506.22mm) | 18.96" (481.58mm) |
0.97" (24.64mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1956 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1923 | ||||||
|
Jun 1978–May 1979 12-Month |
21.80" (553.72mm) | 22.65" (575.31mm) |
-0.85" (-21.59mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1937 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1977–May 1979 18-Month |
32.04" (813.82mm) | 31.46" (799.08mm) |
0.58" (14.74mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1937 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1916 | ||||
|
Jun 1977–May 1979 24-Month |
47.42" (1,204.47mm) | 45.30" (1,150.62mm) |
2.12" (53.85mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1937 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1976–May 1979 36-Month |
69.15" (1,756.41mm) | 67.85" (1,723.39mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1956 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1995 | ||||
|
Jun 1975–May 1979 48-Month |
90.53" (2,299.46mm) | 90.40" (2,296.16mm) |
0.13" (3.30mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1937 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1974–May 1979 60-Month |
107.53" (2,731.26mm) | 112.95" (2,868.93mm) |
-5.42" (-137.67mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1940 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published November 2020, retrieved on December 2, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/