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.
Pennsylvania
Precipitation Rankings, May 1916
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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May 1916 1-Month |
3.39" (86.11mm) | 3.93" (99.82mm) |
-0.54" (-13.71mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1912 | 1964 |
78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1989 | ||||
Apr–May 1916 2-Month |
7.26" (184.40mm) | 7.57" (192.28mm) |
-0.31" (-7.88mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1926 |
69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1914 | 2011 | ||||
Ties: 1921 | ||||||
Mar–May 1916 3-Month |
11.61" (294.89mm) | 11.06" (280.92mm) |
0.55" (13.97mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1926 |
52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2011 | ||||
Feb–May 1916 4-Month |
14.67" (372.62mm) | 13.66" (346.96mm) |
1.01" (25.66mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1941 |
43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2011 | ||||
Jan–May 1916 5-Month |
17.10" (434.34mm) | 16.71" (424.43mm) |
0.39" (9.91mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1941 |
58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1914 | 2011 | ||||
Ties: 1897 | ||||||
Dec 1915–May 1916 6-Month |
21.26" (540.00mm) | 19.81" (503.17mm) |
1.45" (36.83mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1941 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2011 | ||||
Nov 1915–May 1916 7-Month |
23.49" (596.65mm) | 23.02" (584.71mm) |
0.47" (11.94mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1934 |
51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 1952 | ||||
Ties: 1997 | ||||||
Oct 1915–May 1916 8-Month |
26.29" (667.77mm) | 26.19" (665.23mm) |
0.10" (2.54mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1925 |
62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1914 | 2011 | ||||
Ties: 1907 | ||||||
Sep 1915–May 1916 9-Month |
28.87" (733.30mm) | 29.75" (755.65mm) |
-0.88" (-22.35mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1941 |
75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1914 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1915–May 1916 10-Month |
35.22" (894.59mm) | 33.62" (853.95mm) |
1.60" (40.64mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1931 |
46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 1915–May 1916 11-Month |
40.60" (1,031.24mm) | 37.82" (960.63mm) |
2.78" (70.61mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1931 |
40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1915–May 1916 12-Month |
44.94" (1,141.48mm) | 41.97" (1,066.04mm) |
2.97" (75.44mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1931 |
38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1914–May 1916 18-Month |
65.78" (1,670.81mm) | 61.76" (1,568.70mm) |
4.02" (102.11mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1931 |
34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1914–May 1916 24-Month |
82.62" (2,098.55mm) | 83.91" (2,131.31mm) |
-1.29" (-32.76mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1931 |
82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1914 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1913–May 1916 36-Month |
123.41" (3,134.61mm) | 125.93" (3,198.62mm) |
-2.52" (-64.01mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1912 | 1965 |
89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2020 | ||||
Jun 1912–May 1916 48-Month |
170.63" (4,334.00mm) | 167.92" (4,265.17mm) |
2.71" (68.83mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1913 | 1966 |
56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2020 | ||||
Jun 1911–May 1916 60-Month |
218.55" (5,551.17mm) | 209.84" (5,329.94mm) |
8.71" (221.23mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1967 |
32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1908 | 2020 | ||||
Ties: 2000 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/