Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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New Hampshire
Precipitation Rankings, May 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1956 1-Month |
3.28" (83.31mm) | 3.62" (91.95mm) |
-0.34" (-8.64mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1903 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1984 | ||||
| Ties: 1997 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 1956 2-Month |
6.68" (169.67mm) | 7.18" (182.37mm) |
-0.50" (-12.70mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1903, 1911 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1984 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1956 3-Month |
11.50" (292.10mm) | 10.70" (271.78mm) |
0.80" (20.32mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1915 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1956 4-Month |
14.59" (370.59mm) | 13.58" (344.93mm) |
1.01" (25.66mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1941 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1984 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1956 5-Month |
19.33" (490.98mm) | 16.86" (428.24mm) |
2.47" (62.74mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1965 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1983 | ||||
|
Dec 1955–May 1956 6-Month |
20.54" (521.72mm) | 20.42" (518.67mm) |
0.12" (3.05mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1965 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1984 | ||||
| Ties: 1906, 2016 | ||||||
|
Nov 1955–May 1956 7-Month |
24.27" (616.46mm) | 24.39" (619.51mm) |
-0.12" (-3.05mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1905 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1984 | ||||
| Ties: 1991 | ||||||
|
Oct 1955–May 1956 8-Month |
29.94" (760.48mm) | 27.92" (709.17mm) |
2.02" (51.31mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1905 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1955–May 1956 9-Month |
31.72" (805.69mm) | 31.72" (805.69mm) |
0.00" (0.00mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1915 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2006 | ||||
|
Aug 1955–May 1956 10-Month |
39.24" (996.70mm) | 35.50" (901.70mm) |
3.74" (95.00mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1965 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2006 | ||||
|
Jul 1955–May 1956 11-Month |
41.13" (1,044.70mm) | 39.50" (1,003.30mm) |
1.63" (41.40mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1965 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2006 | ||||
|
Jun 1955–May 1956 12-Month |
45.74" (1,161.80mm) | 43.43" (1,103.12mm) |
2.31" (58.68mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1965 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2006 | ||||
|
Dec 1954–May 1956 18-Month |
64.75" (1,644.65mm) | 63.86" (1,622.04mm) |
0.89" (22.61mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1965 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2006 | ||||
|
Jun 1954–May 1956 24-Month |
94.89" (2,410.21mm) | 86.79" (2,204.47mm) |
8.10" (205.74mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1966 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2007 | ||||
|
Jun 1953–May 1956 36-Month |
140.44" (3,567.18mm) | 130.11" (3,304.79mm) |
10.33" (262.39mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1911 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2008 | ||||
|
Jun 1952–May 1956 48-Month |
190.02" (4,826.51mm) | 173.51" (4,407.15mm) |
16.51" (419.36mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1967 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2009 | ||||
|
Jun 1951–May 1956 60-Month |
239.26" (6,077.20mm) | 216.82" (5,507.23mm) |
22.44" (569.97mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1915 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 19, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/