Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, May 1986
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1986 1-Month |
3.04" (77.22mm) | 3.99" (101.35mm) |
-0.95" (-24.13mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1936 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 1901 | ||||
| Ties: 1906 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 1986 2-Month |
4.02" (102.11mm) | 7.53" (191.26mm) |
-3.51" (-89.15mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1986 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 1901 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1986 3-Month |
6.71" (170.43mm) | 11.81" (299.97mm) |
-5.10" (-129.54mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1985 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2003 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1986 4-Month |
8.72" (221.49mm) | 15.64" (397.26mm) |
-6.92" (-175.77mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1986 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1986 5-Month |
10.43" (264.92mm) | 19.55" (496.57mm) |
-9.12" (-231.65mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1986 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1985–May 1986 6-Month |
11.70" (297.18mm) | 23.24" (590.30mm) |
-11.54" (-293.12mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1986 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1985–May 1986 7-Month |
18.65" (473.71mm) | 26.28" (667.51mm) |
-7.63" (-193.80mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1951 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1985–May 1986 8-Month |
22.89" (581.41mm) | 29.57" (751.08mm) |
-6.68" (-169.67mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 2001 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2003 | ||||
|
Sep 1985–May 1986 9-Month |
25.11" (637.79mm) | 33.82" (859.03mm) |
-8.71" (-221.24mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1941 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1985–May 1986 10-Month |
31.43" (798.32mm) | 39.09" (992.89mm) |
-7.66" (-194.57mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 2002 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1985–May 1986 11-Month |
38.65" (981.71mm) | 44.75" (1,136.65mm) |
-6.10" (-154.94mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 2002 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1985–May 1986 12-Month |
42.47" (1,078.74mm) | 49.34" (1,253.24mm) |
-6.87" (-174.50mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1981 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1984–May 1986 18-Month |
59.33" (1,506.98mm) | 72.62" (1,844.55mm) |
-13.29" (-337.57mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 2002 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2021 | ||||
|
Jun 1984–May 1986 24-Month |
82.44" (2,093.98mm) | 98.63" (2,505.20mm) |
-16.19" (-411.22mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1927 | 1927 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1983–May 1986 36-Month |
136.04" (3,455.42mm) | 148.10" (3,761.74mm) |
-12.06" (-306.32mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1927 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2021 | ||||
| Ties: 1956 | ||||||
|
Jun 1982–May 1986 48-Month |
191.85" (4,872.99mm) | 197.41" (5,014.21mm) |
-5.56" (-141.22mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1927 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2021 | ||||
|
Jun 1981–May 1986 60-Month |
240.67" (6,113.02mm) | 246.67" (6,265.42mm) |
-6.00" (-152.40mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1989 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/