Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Texas
Precipitation Rankings, May 1957
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1957 1-Month |
5.69" (144.53mm) | 3.37" (85.60mm) |
2.32" (58.93mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1998 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1957 2-Month |
11.88" (301.75mm) | 5.73" (145.54mm) |
6.15" (156.21mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1998 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1957 3-Month |
14.75" (374.65mm) | 7.39" (187.71mm) |
7.36" (186.94mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 2011 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1957 4-Month |
16.82" (427.23mm) | 8.99" (228.35mm) |
7.83" (198.88mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 2011 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1957 5-Month |
17.74" (450.60mm) | 10.48" (266.19mm) |
7.26" (184.41mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1996 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Dec 1956–May 1957 6-Month |
19.15" (486.41mm) | 12.24" (310.90mm) |
6.91" (175.51mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 2011 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1992 | ||||
|
Nov 1956–May 1957 7-Month |
20.29" (515.37mm) | 14.06" (357.12mm) |
6.23" (158.25mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1971 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1941 | ||||
|
Oct 1956–May 1957 8-Month |
21.93" (557.02mm) | 16.58" (421.13mm) |
5.35" (135.89mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 2011 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1941 | ||||
|
Sep 1956–May 1957 9-Month |
22.47" (570.74mm) | 19.55" (496.57mm) |
2.92" (74.17mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1918 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1956–May 1957 10-Month |
23.54" (597.92mm) | 21.89" (556.01mm) |
1.65" (41.91mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1918, 2011 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1992 | ||||
|
Jul 1956–May 1957 11-Month |
24.59" (624.59mm) | 24.26" (616.20mm) |
0.33" (8.39mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1925 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1992 | ||||
|
Jun 1956–May 1957 12-Month |
25.76" (654.30mm) | 27.09" (688.09mm) |
-1.33" (-33.79mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1918 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 1992 | ||||
|
Dec 1955–May 1957 18-Month |
33.38" (847.85mm) | 39.41" (1,001.01mm) |
-6.03" (-153.16mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1918 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun 1955–May 1957 24-Month |
45.68" (1,160.27mm) | 54.31" (1,379.47mm) |
-8.63" (-219.20mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1918 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun 1954–May 1957 36-Month |
64.58" (1,640.33mm) | 81.45" (2,068.83mm) |
-16.87" (-428.50mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1918 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun 1953–May 1957 48-Month |
86.76" (2,203.70mm) | 108.56" (2,757.42mm) |
-21.80" (-553.72mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1952–May 1957 60-Month |
106.69" (2,709.93mm) | 135.54" (3,442.72mm) |
-28.85" (-732.79mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2019 |
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/