Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, May 1945
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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May 1945 1-Month |
2.95" (74.93mm) | 3.58" (90.93mm) |
-0.63" (-16.00mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1941 |
77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 1976 | ||||
Ties: 2011 | ||||||
Apr–May 1945 2-Month |
6.51" (165.35mm) | 6.92" (175.77mm) |
-0.41" (-10.42mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1941 |
68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1901 | ||||
Ties: 2005 | ||||||
Mar–May 1945 3-Month |
8.59" (218.19mm) | 11.20" (284.48mm) |
-2.61" (-66.29mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1985 |
101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2003 | ||||
Feb–May 1945 4-Month |
13.20" (335.28mm) | 15.10" (383.54mm) |
-1.90" (-48.26mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1911 |
84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1929 | ||||
Jan–May 1945 5-Month |
15.58" (395.73mm) | 18.93" (480.82mm) |
-3.35" (-85.09mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1911 |
97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1998 | ||||
Dec 1944–May 1945 6-Month |
16.98" (431.29mm) | 22.58" (573.53mm) |
-5.60" (-142.24mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1911 |
107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1998 | ||||
Nov 1944–May 1945 7-Month |
19.07" (484.38mm) | 25.18" (639.57mm) |
-6.11" (-155.19mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1911 |
110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1998 | ||||
Oct 1944–May 1945 8-Month |
22.92" (582.17mm) | 28.21" (716.53mm) |
-5.29" (-134.36mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1911 |
102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1998 | ||||
Sep 1944–May 1945 9-Month |
26.56" (674.62mm) | 32.41" (823.21mm) |
-5.85" (-148.59mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1941 |
102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1998 | ||||
Aug 1944–May 1945 10-Month |
29.96" (760.98mm) | 37.67" (956.82mm) |
-7.71" (-195.84mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1985 |
111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1929 | ||||
Jul 1944–May 1945 11-Month |
35.39" (898.91mm) | 43.21" (1,097.53mm) |
-7.82" (-198.62mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 2002 |
111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1929 | ||||
Jun 1944–May 1945 12-Month |
38.15" (969.01mm) | 47.93" (1,217.42mm) |
-9.78" (-248.41mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1981 |
117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1929 | ||||
Dec 1943–May 1945 18-Month |
67.37" (1,711.20mm) | 70.56" (1,792.22mm) |
-3.19" (-81.02mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 2002 |
77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1929 | ||||
Jun 1943–May 1945 24-Month |
88.36" (2,244.34mm) | 95.90" (2,435.86mm) |
-7.54" (-191.52mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1927 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1929 | ||||
Jun 1942–May 1945 36-Month |
134.67" (3,420.62mm) | 144.04" (3,658.62mm) |
-9.37" (-238.00mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 2002 |
92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1998 | ||||
Jun 1941–May 1945 48-Month |
187.92" (4,773.17mm) | 191.91" (4,874.51mm) |
-3.99" (-101.34mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 2002 |
70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1998 | ||||
Jun 1940–May 1945 60-Month |
224.54" (5,703.32mm) | 239.81" (6,091.17mm) |
-15.27" (-387.85mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1957 |
97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 25, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/