Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, May 1944
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 1944 1-Month |
3.14" (79.76mm) | 3.83" (97.28mm) |
-0.69" (-17.52mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1911 |
89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 1971 | ||||
Apr–May 1944 2-Month |
6.39" (162.31mm) | 7.20" (182.88mm) |
-0.81" (-20.57mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1963 |
85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1917 | ||||||
Mar–May 1944 3-Month |
12.19" (309.63mm) | 10.98" (278.89mm) |
1.21" (30.74mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1986 |
41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2003 | ||||
Feb–May 1944 4-Month |
17.16" (435.86mm) | 14.00" (355.60mm) |
3.16" (80.26mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1941 |
20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 2003 | ||||
Jan–May 1944 5-Month |
19.80" (502.92mm) | 17.35" (440.69mm) |
2.45" (62.23mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1941 |
32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1998 | ||||
Dec 1943–May 1944 6-Month |
22.07" (560.58mm) | 20.58" (522.73mm) |
1.49" (37.85mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1986 |
44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1998 | ||||
Nov 1943–May 1944 7-Month |
23.99" (609.35mm) | 23.44" (595.38mm) |
0.55" (13.97mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1930 |
51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1998 | ||||
Ties: 1980 | ||||||
Oct 1943–May 1944 8-Month |
26.39" (670.31mm) | 26.59" (675.39mm) |
-0.20" (-5.08mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1941 |
58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2003 | ||||
Sep 1943–May 1944 9-Month |
28.81" (731.77mm) | 30.12" (765.05mm) |
-1.31" (-33.28mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1941 |
76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
Aug 1943–May 1944 10-Month |
30.64" (778.26mm) | 34.45" (875.03mm) |
-3.81" (-96.77mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1942 |
97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
Jul 1943–May 1944 11-Month |
35.63" (905.00mm) | 38.96" (989.58mm) |
-3.33" (-84.58mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1931 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1943–May 1944 12-Month |
39.81" (1,011.17mm) | 42.93" (1,090.42mm) |
-3.12" (-79.25mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1931 |
90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1942–May 1944 18-Month |
60.08" (1,526.03mm) | 63.51" (1,613.15mm) |
-3.43" (-87.12mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1931 |
91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1942–May 1944 24-Month |
90.34" (2,294.64mm) | 85.82" (2,179.83mm) |
4.52" (114.81mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1931 |
37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
Jun 1941–May 1944 36-Month |
125.63" (3,191.00mm) | 128.88" (3,273.55mm) |
-3.25" (-82.55mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1966 |
87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2005 | ||||
Jun 1940–May 1944 48-Month |
163.84" (4,161.54mm) | 171.81" (4,363.97mm) |
-7.97" (-202.43mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1969 |
101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1939–May 1944 60-Month |
205.40" (5,217.16mm) | 214.68" (5,452.87mm) |
-9.28" (-235.71mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 1969 |
98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 19, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/