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.
Wisconsin
Precipitation Rankings, May 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 2020 1-Month |
3.97" (100.84mm) | 3.54" (89.92mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1925 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2004 | ||||
|
Apr–May 2020 2-Month |
6.24" (158.50mm) | 6.17" (156.72mm) |
0.07" (1.78mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1931 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1973 | ||||
|
Mar–May 2020 3-Month |
9.28" (235.71mm) | 7.97" (202.44mm) |
1.31" (33.27mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1973 | ||||
|
Feb–May 2020 4-Month |
9.97" (253.24mm) | 9.00" (228.60mm) |
0.97" (24.64mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan–May 2020 5-Month |
11.31" (287.27mm) | 10.15" (257.81mm) |
1.16" (29.46mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1973 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–May 2020 6-Month |
13.97" (354.84mm) | 11.41" (289.81mm) |
2.56" (65.03mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1973 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–May 2020 7-Month |
16.00" (406.40mm) | 13.40" (340.36mm) |
2.60" (66.04mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1973 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–May 2020 8-Month |
20.88" (530.35mm) | 15.83" (402.08mm) |
5.05" (128.27mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–May 2020 9-Month |
27.91" (708.91mm) | 19.60" (497.84mm) |
8.31" (211.07mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–May 2020 10-Month |
31.45" (798.83mm) | 23.39" (594.11mm) |
8.06" (204.72mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–May 2020 11-Month |
36.78" (934.21mm) | 27.22" (691.39mm) |
9.56" (242.82mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1931 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–May 2020 12-Month |
40.69" (1,033.53mm) | 31.35" (796.29mm) |
9.34" (237.24mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2018–May 2020 18-Month |
57.41" (1,458.21mm) | 42.74" (1,085.60mm) |
14.67" (372.61mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun 2018–May 2020 24-Month |
84.74" (2,152.40mm) | 62.67" (1,591.82mm) |
22.07" (560.58mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2017–May 2020 36-Month |
118.28" (3,004.31mm) | 93.95" (2,386.33mm) |
24.33" (617.98mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1911 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2016–May 2020 48-Month |
161.70" (4,107.18mm) | 125.18" (3,179.57mm) |
36.52" (927.61mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–May 2020 60-Month |
199.17" (5,058.92mm) | 156.40" (3,972.56mm) |
42.77" (1,086.36mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 15, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/