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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Wisconsin
Precipitation Rankings, May 2018
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 2018 1-Month |
4.70" (119.38mm) | 3.54" (89.92mm) |
1.16" (29.46mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1925 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2004 | ||||
|
Apr–May 2018 2-Month |
7.23" (183.64mm) | 6.17" (156.72mm) |
1.06" (26.92mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1931 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1973 | ||||
|
Mar–May 2018 3-Month |
8.15" (207.01mm) | 7.97" (202.44mm) |
0.18" (4.57mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 1925 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–May 2018 4-Month |
9.66" (245.36mm) | 9.00" (228.60mm) |
0.66" (16.76mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1902 | ||||||
|
Jan–May 2018 5-Month |
10.86" (275.84mm) | 10.15" (257.81mm) |
0.71" (18.03mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1925 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 2016 | ||||||
|
Dec 2017–May 2018 6-Month |
11.93" (303.02mm) | 11.41" (289.81mm) |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1973 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–May 2018 7-Month |
12.84" (326.14mm) | 13.40" (340.36mm) |
-0.56" (-14.22mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1973 | ||||
|
Oct 2017–May 2018 8-Month |
17.14" (435.36mm) | 15.83" (402.08mm) |
1.31" (33.28mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1925 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–May 2018 9-Month |
19.04" (483.62mm) | 19.60" (497.84mm) |
-0.56" (-14.22mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 1925 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2017–May 2018 10-Month |
23.14" (587.76mm) | 23.39" (594.11mm) |
-0.25" (-6.35mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1931 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2017–May 2018 11-Month |
27.60" (701.04mm) | 27.22" (691.39mm) |
0.38" (9.65mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jun 2017–May 2018 12-Month |
33.54" (851.92mm) | 31.35" (796.29mm) |
2.19" (55.63mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2002 | ||||||
|
Dec 2016–May 2018 18-Month |
50.41" (1,280.41mm) | 42.74" (1,085.60mm) |
7.67" (194.81mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1931 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun 2016–May 2018 24-Month |
76.96" (1,954.78mm) | 62.67" (1,591.82mm) |
14.29" (362.96mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1931 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–May 2018 36-Month |
114.43" (2,906.52mm) | 93.95" (2,386.33mm) |
20.48" (520.19mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1911 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2014–May 2018 48-Month |
148.44" (3,770.38mm) | 125.18" (3,179.57mm) |
23.26" (590.81mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1934 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2013–May 2018 60-Month |
181.84" (4,618.74mm) | 156.40" (3,972.56mm) |
25.44" (646.18mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1934 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/