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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
North Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, May 1904
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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May 1904 1-Month |
3.27" (83.06mm) | 3.99" (101.35mm) |
-0.72" (-18.29mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1903 | 1936 |
87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1901 | 1901 | ||||
Ties: 1969, 2001 | ||||||
Apr–May 1904 2-Month |
4.72" (119.89mm) | 7.53" (191.26mm) |
-2.81" (-71.37mm) | 7th Driest | Driest to Date | 1986 |
121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1901 | ||||
Mar–May 1904 3-Month |
8.97" (227.84mm) | 11.81" (299.97mm) |
-2.84" (-72.13mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1902 | 1985 |
110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2003 | ||||
Feb–May 1904 4-Month |
12.94" (328.68mm) | 15.64" (397.26mm) |
-2.70" (-68.58mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1986 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2003 | ||||
Jan–May 1904 5-Month |
15.86" (402.84mm) | 19.55" (496.57mm) |
-3.69" (-93.73mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1986 |
108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1998 | ||||
Dec 1903–May 1904 6-Month |
18.01" (457.45mm) | 23.24" (590.30mm) |
-5.23" (-132.85mm) | 13th Driest | Driest to Date | 1986 |
114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1998 | ||||
Nov 1903–May 1904 7-Month |
19.79" (502.67mm) | 26.28" (667.51mm) |
-6.49" (-164.84mm) | 8th Driest | Driest to Date | 1951 |
119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1984 | ||||
Oct 1903–May 1904 8-Month |
23.30" (591.82mm) | 29.57" (751.08mm) |
-6.27" (-159.26mm) | 11th Driest | Driest to Date | 2001 |
116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2003 | ||||
Sep 1903–May 1904 9-Month |
25.56" (649.22mm) | 33.82" (859.03mm) |
-8.26" (-209.81mm) | 8th Driest | Driest to Date | 1941 |
119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1903–May 1904 10-Month |
31.27" (794.26mm) | 39.09" (992.89mm) |
-7.82" (-198.63mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 2002 |
118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 1903–May 1904 11-Month |
35.29" (896.37mm) | 44.75" (1,136.65mm) |
-9.46" (-240.28mm) | 6th Driest | Driest to Date | 2002 |
121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1903–May 1904 12-Month |
41.24" (1,047.50mm) | 49.34" (1,253.24mm) |
-8.10" (-205.74mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1981 |
115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1902–May 1904 18-Month |
69.44" (1,763.78mm) | 72.62" (1,844.55mm) |
-3.18" (-80.77mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 2002 |
89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2021 | ||||
Jun 1902–May 1904 24-Month |
93.43" (2,373.12mm) | 98.63" (2,505.20mm) |
-5.20" (-132.08mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1927 |
90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2020 | ||||
Jun 1901–May 1904 36-Month |
149.49" (3,797.05mm) | 148.10" (3,761.74mm) |
1.39" (35.31mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1927 |
55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2021 | ||||
Jun 1900–May 1904 48-Month |
200.79" (5,100.07mm) | 197.41" (5,014.21mm) |
3.38" (85.86mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1901 | 1927 |
50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2021 | ||||
Jun 1899–May 1904 60-Month |
248.87" (6,321.30mm) | 246.67" (6,265.42mm) |
2.20" (55.88mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1989 |
56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2020 |
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/