Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, May 1946
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1946 1-Month |
6.32" (160.53mm) | 3.83" (97.28mm) |
2.49" (63.25mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1911 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 1971 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1946 2-Month |
9.11" (231.39mm) | 7.20" (182.88mm) |
1.91" (48.51mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1963 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 2017 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1946 3-Month |
11.93" (303.02mm) | 10.98" (278.89mm) |
0.95" (24.13mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1986 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2003 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1946 4-Month |
14.75" (374.65mm) | 14.00" (355.60mm) |
0.75" (19.05mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1941 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1946 5-Month |
17.76" (451.10mm) | 17.35" (440.69mm) |
0.41" (10.41mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1941 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1945–May 1946 6-Month |
22.64" (575.06mm) | 20.58" (522.73mm) |
2.06" (52.33mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1986 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1945–May 1946 7-Month |
26.05" (661.67mm) | 23.44" (595.38mm) |
2.61" (66.29mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1930 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1998 | ||||
|
Oct 1945–May 1946 8-Month |
27.57" (700.28mm) | 26.59" (675.39mm) |
0.98" (24.89mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1941 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2003 | ||||
| Ties: 1919, 1989 | ||||||
|
Sep 1945–May 1946 9-Month |
34.99" (888.75mm) | 30.12" (765.05mm) |
4.87" (123.70mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1941 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1945–May 1946 10-Month |
37.98" (964.69mm) | 34.45" (875.03mm) |
3.53" (89.66mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1942 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1960 | ||||||
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Jul 1945–May 1946 11-Month |
46.83" (1,189.48mm) | 38.96" (989.58mm) |
7.87" (199.90mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1931 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1899 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1945–May 1946 12-Month |
50.03" (1,270.76mm) | 42.93" (1,090.42mm) |
7.10" (180.34mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1931 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1944–May 1946 18-Month |
68.32" (1,735.33mm) | 63.51" (1,613.15mm) |
4.81" (122.18mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1931 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1944–May 1946 24-Month |
91.91" (2,334.51mm) | 85.82" (2,179.83mm) |
6.09" (154.68mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1931 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1943–May 1946 36-Month |
131.72" (3,345.69mm) | 128.88" (3,273.55mm) |
2.84" (72.14mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1966 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2005 | ||||
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Jun 1942–May 1946 48-Month |
182.25" (4,629.15mm) | 171.81" (4,363.97mm) |
10.44" (265.18mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1969 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1941–May 1946 60-Month |
217.54" (5,525.52mm) | 214.68" (5,452.87mm) |
2.86" (72.65mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1969 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 21, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/