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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Wisconsin
Precipitation Rankings, May 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 2016 1-Month |
3.06" (77.72mm) | 3.54" (89.92mm) |
-0.48" (-12.20mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1925 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2004 | ||||
| Ties: 1932 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 2016 2-Month |
5.27" (133.86mm) | 6.17" (156.72mm) |
-0.90" (-22.86mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1931 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1973 | ||||
|
Mar–May 2016 3-Month |
9.20" (233.68mm) | 7.97" (202.44mm) |
1.23" (31.24mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–May 2016 4-Month |
10.02" (254.51mm) | 9.00" (228.60mm) |
1.02" (25.91mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan–May 2016 5-Month |
10.86" (275.84mm) | 10.15" (257.81mm) |
0.71" (18.03mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 2018 | ||||||
|
Dec 2015–May 2016 6-Month |
15.14" (384.56mm) | 11.41" (289.81mm) |
3.73" (94.75mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1973 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–May 2016 7-Month |
18.56" (471.42mm) | 13.40" (340.36mm) |
5.16" (131.06mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1973 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–May 2016 8-Month |
21.26" (540.00mm) | 15.83" (402.08mm) |
5.43" (137.92mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–May 2016 9-Month |
25.65" (651.51mm) | 19.60" (497.84mm) |
6.05" (153.67mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2015–May 2016 10-Month |
29.65" (753.11mm) | 23.39" (594.11mm) |
6.26" (159.00mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2015–May 2016 11-Month |
33.03" (838.96mm) | 27.22" (691.39mm) |
5.81" (147.57mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–May 2016 12-Month |
37.47" (951.74mm) | 31.35" (796.29mm) |
6.12" (155.45mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2014–May 2016 18-Month |
48.10" (1,221.74mm) | 42.74" (1,085.60mm) |
5.36" (136.14mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun 2014–May 2016 24-Month |
71.48" (1,815.59mm) | 62.67" (1,591.82mm) |
8.81" (223.77mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2013–May 2016 36-Month |
104.88" (2,663.95mm) | 93.95" (2,386.33mm) |
10.93" (277.62mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1911 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2012–May 2016 48-Month |
137.35" (3,488.69mm) | 125.18" (3,179.57mm) |
12.17" (309.12mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2011–May 2016 60-Month |
169.01" (4,292.85mm) | 156.40" (3,972.56mm) |
12.61" (320.29mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 18, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/