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 November 2019. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, May 1916
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1916 1-Month |
3.84" (97.54mm) | 3.83" (97.28mm) |
0.01" (0.26mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1911 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 1971 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1916 2-Month |
6.33" (160.78mm) | 7.20" (182.88mm) |
-0.87" (-22.10mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1963 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2017 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1916 3-Month |
8.87" (225.30mm) | 10.98" (278.89mm) |
-2.11" (-53.59mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1986 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2003 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1916 4-Month |
12.54" (318.52mm) | 14.00" (355.60mm) |
-1.46" (-37.08mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1941 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1916 5-Month |
14.67" (372.62mm) | 17.35" (440.69mm) |
-2.68" (-68.07mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1941 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1915–May 1916 6-Month |
18.06" (458.72mm) | 20.58" (522.73mm) |
-2.52" (-64.01mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1986 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1915–May 1916 7-Month |
19.76" (501.90mm) | 23.44" (595.38mm) |
-3.68" (-93.48mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1930 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1998 | ||||
|
Oct 1915–May 1916 8-Month |
24.12" (612.65mm) | 26.59" (675.39mm) |
-2.47" (-62.74mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1941 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2003 | ||||
|
Sep 1915–May 1916 9-Month |
27.06" (687.32mm) | 30.12" (765.05mm) |
-3.06" (-77.73mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1941 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1915–May 1916 10-Month |
33.32" (846.33mm) | 34.45" (875.03mm) |
-1.13" (-28.70mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1942 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1912 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1915–May 1916 11-Month |
37.30" (947.42mm) | 38.96" (989.58mm) |
-1.66" (-42.16mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1931 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1912 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1915–May 1916 12-Month |
41.40" (1,051.56mm) | 42.93" (1,090.42mm) |
-1.53" (-38.86mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1931 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1912 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1982, 1986 | ||||||
|
Dec 1914–May 1916 18-Month |
62.38" (1,584.45mm) | 63.51" (1,613.15mm) |
-1.13" (-28.70mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1931 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1914–May 1916 24-Month |
79.75" (2,025.65mm) | 85.82" (2,179.83mm) |
-6.07" (-154.18mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1931 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1913–May 1916 36-Month |
118.83" (3,018.28mm) | 128.88" (3,273.55mm) |
-10.05" (-255.27mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1966 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1914 | 2005 | ||||
| Ties: 1928 | ||||||
|
Jun 1912–May 1916 48-Month |
159.45" (4,050.03mm) | 171.81" (4,363.97mm) |
-12.36" (-313.94mm) | 13th Driest | Driest to Date | 1969 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1911–May 1916 60-Month |
208.70" (5,300.98mm) | 214.68" (5,452.87mm) |
-5.98" (-151.89mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1969 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published December 2019, retrieved on December 12, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/