Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Colorado
Precipitation Rankings, May 1898
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1898 1-Month |
3.62" (91.95mm) | 2.02" (51.31mm) |
1.60" (40.64mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1974 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1898 2-Month |
5.14" (130.56mm) | 3.86" (98.04mm) |
1.28" (32.52mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 2002 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1898 3-Month |
6.15" (156.21mm) | 5.37" (136.40mm) |
0.78" (19.81mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 2002 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1949 | ||||||
|
Feb–May 1898 4-Month |
6.59" (167.39mm) | 6.46" (164.08mm) |
0.13" (3.31mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 2002 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1905 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1898 5-Month |
7.51" (190.75mm) | 7.52" (191.01mm) |
-0.01" (-0.26mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 2002 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 2000 | ||||||
|
Dec 1897–May 1898 6-Month |
9.02" (229.11mm) | 8.60" (218.44mm) |
0.42" (10.67mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 2002 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 2009 | ||||||
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Nov 1897–May 1898 7-Month |
9.60" (243.84mm) | 9.66" (245.36mm) |
-0.06" (-1.52mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 2002 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1957 | ||||
|
Oct 1897–May 1898 8-Month |
12.08" (306.83mm) | 11.00" (279.40mm) |
1.08" (27.43mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 2002 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1995 | ||||
|
Sep 1897–May 1898 9-Month |
13.73" (348.74mm) | 12.43" (315.72mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 2002 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1942 | ||||
| Ties: 1900 | ||||||
|
Aug 1897–May 1898 10-Month |
16.06" (407.92mm) | 14.44" (366.78mm) |
1.62" (41.14mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 2002 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1942 | ||||
|
Jul 1897–May 1898 11-Month |
18.14" (460.76mm) | 16.54" (420.12mm) |
1.60" (40.64mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 2002 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 1897–May 1898 12-Month |
19.96" (506.98mm) | 18.08" (459.23mm) |
1.88" (47.75mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 2002 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1942 | ||||
| Ties: 1909, 1970 | ||||||
|
Dec 1896–May 1898 18-Month |
29.94" (760.48mm) | 26.70" (678.18mm) |
3.24" (82.30mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 2013 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 1896–May 1898 24-Month |
39.16" (994.66mm) | 36.18" (918.97mm) |
2.98" (75.69mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1902 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1942 | ||||
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Jun 1895–May 1898 36-Month |
56.53" (1,435.86mm) | 54.21" (1,376.93mm) |
2.32" (58.93mm) | 87th Driest | Driest to Date | 2004 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1943 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2021, retrieved on May 9, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/