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 1905
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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May 1905 1-Month |
6.71" (170.43mm) | 3.99" (101.35mm) |
2.72" (69.08mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1936 |
6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1901 | 1901 | ||||
Apr–May 1905 2-Month |
11.15" (283.21mm) | 7.53" (191.26mm) |
3.62" (91.95mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1986 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1901 | 1901 | ||||
Mar–May 1905 3-Month |
13.65" (346.71mm) | 11.81" (299.97mm) |
1.84" (46.74mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1985 |
30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2003 | ||||
Feb–May 1905 4-Month |
19.29" (489.97mm) | 15.64" (397.26mm) |
3.65" (92.71mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1986 |
17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2003 | ||||
Jan–May 1905 5-Month |
22.28" (565.91mm) | 19.55" (496.57mm) |
2.73" (69.34mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1986 |
26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1998 | ||||
Ties: 1990 | ||||||
Dec 1904–May 1905 6-Month |
25.78" (654.81mm) | 23.24" (590.30mm) |
2.54" (64.51mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1986 |
36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1998 | ||||
Ties: 2018 | ||||||
Nov 1904–May 1905 7-Month |
29.24" (742.70mm) | 26.28" (667.51mm) |
2.96" (75.19mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1951 |
35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1984 | ||||
Oct 1904–May 1905 8-Month |
30.86" (783.84mm) | 29.57" (751.08mm) |
1.29" (32.76mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 2001 |
48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2003 | ||||
Sep 1904–May 1905 9-Month |
34.60" (878.84mm) | 33.82" (859.03mm) |
0.78" (19.81mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1941 |
54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1994 | ||||||
Aug 1904–May 1905 10-Month |
41.19" (1,046.23mm) | 39.09" (992.89mm) |
2.10" (53.34mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 2002 |
44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 1904–May 1905 11-Month |
47.15" (1,197.61mm) | 44.75" (1,136.65mm) |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 2002 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1904–May 1905 12-Month |
51.50" (1,308.10mm) | 49.34" (1,253.24mm) |
2.16" (54.86mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1981 |
44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1903–May 1905 18-Month |
69.51" (1,765.55mm) | 72.62" (1,844.55mm) |
-3.11" (-79.00mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 2002 |
88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2021 | ||||
Jun 1903–May 1905 24-Month |
92.74" (2,355.60mm) | 98.63" (2,505.20mm) |
-5.89" (-149.60mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1927 |
93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1904 | 2020 | ||||
Jun 1902–May 1905 36-Month |
144.93" (3,681.22mm) | 148.10" (3,761.74mm) |
-3.17" (-80.52mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1898 | 1927 |
77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1904 | 2021 | ||||
Jun 1901–May 1905 48-Month |
200.99" (5,105.15mm) | 197.41" (5,014.21mm) |
3.58" (90.94mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1927 |
48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2021 | ||||
Jun 1900–May 1905 60-Month |
252.29" (6,408.17mm) | 246.67" (6,265.42mm) |
5.62" (142.75mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1904 | 1989 |
38th 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 17, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/