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 December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Virginia
Precipitation Rankings, May 2004
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 2004 1-Month |
4.40" (111.76mm) | 3.83" (97.28mm) |
0.57" (14.48mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1911 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 1971 | ||||
| Ties: 1938 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 2004 2-Month |
8.53" (216.66mm) | 7.20" (182.88mm) |
1.33" (33.78mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1963 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2017 | ||||
|
Mar–May 2004 3-Month |
10.70" (271.78mm) | 10.98" (278.89mm) |
-0.28" (-7.11mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1986 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
| Ties: 1968 | ||||||
|
Feb–May 2004 4-Month |
13.08" (332.23mm) | 14.00" (355.60mm) |
-0.92" (-23.37mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1941 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–May 2004 5-Month |
15.03" (381.76mm) | 17.35" (440.69mm) |
-2.32" (-58.93mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1941 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2003–May 2004 6-Month |
19.20" (487.68mm) | 20.58" (522.73mm) |
-1.38" (-35.05mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1986 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 2003–May 2004 7-Month |
23.55" (598.17mm) | 23.44" (595.38mm) |
0.11" (2.79mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1930 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 1998 | ||||
|
Oct 2003–May 2004 8-Month |
26.21" (665.73mm) | 26.59" (675.39mm) |
-0.38" (-9.66mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1941 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2003 | ||||
|
Sep 2003–May 2004 9-Month |
34.36" (872.74mm) | 30.12" (765.05mm) |
4.24" (107.69mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1941 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2003–May 2004 10-Month |
39.65" (1,007.11mm) | 34.45" (875.03mm) |
5.20" (132.08mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1942 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2003–May 2004 11-Month |
45.80" (1,163.32mm) | 38.96" (989.58mm) |
6.84" (173.74mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1931 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2003 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2003–May 2004 12-Month |
52.29" (1,328.17mm) | 42.93" (1,090.42mm) |
9.36" (237.75mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1931 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1990 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2002–May 2004 18-Month |
81.02" (2,057.91mm) | 63.51" (1,613.15mm) |
17.51" (444.76mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2002–May 2004 24-Month |
104.54" (2,655.32mm) | 85.82" (2,179.83mm) |
18.72" (475.49mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1931 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2001–May 2004 36-Month |
139.17" (3,534.92mm) | 128.88" (3,273.55mm) |
10.29" (261.37mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1966 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2005 | ||||
|
Jun 2000–May 2004 48-Month |
178.49" (4,533.65mm) | 171.81" (4,363.97mm) |
6.68" (169.68mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1969 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1999–May 2004 60-Month |
221.61" (5,628.89mm) | 214.68" (5,452.87mm) |
6.93" (176.02mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1969 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 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/