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.
Colorado
Precipitation Rankings, May 1900
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1900 1-Month |
1.34" (34.04mm) | 2.02" (51.31mm) |
-0.68" (-17.27mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1974 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 2010 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 1900 2-Month |
6.79" (172.47mm) | 3.86" (98.04mm) |
2.93" (74.43mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 2002 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1900 3-Month |
7.29" (185.17mm) | 5.37" (136.40mm) |
1.92" (48.77mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 2002 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1957 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1900 4-Month |
8.36" (212.34mm) | 6.46" (164.08mm) |
1.90" (48.26mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 2002 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1905 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1900 5-Month |
8.68" (220.47mm) | 7.52" (191.01mm) |
1.16" (29.46mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 2002 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1957 | ||||
|
Dec 1899–May 1900 6-Month |
10.14" (257.56mm) | 8.60" (218.44mm) |
1.54" (39.12mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 2002 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1957 | ||||
|
Nov 1899–May 1900 7-Month |
11.10" (281.94mm) | 9.66" (245.36mm) |
1.44" (36.58mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 2002 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1957 | ||||
|
Oct 1899–May 1900 8-Month |
13.03" (330.96mm) | 11.00" (279.40mm) |
2.03" (51.56mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 2002 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1995 | ||||
| Ties: 1947 | ||||||
|
Sep 1899–May 1900 9-Month |
13.73" (348.74mm) | 12.43" (315.72mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 2002 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1942 | ||||
| Ties: 1898 | ||||||
|
Aug 1899–May 1900 10-Month |
15.47" (392.94mm) | 14.44" (366.78mm) |
1.03" (26.16mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 2002 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jul 1899–May 1900 11-Month |
18.16" (461.26mm) | 16.54" (420.12mm) |
1.62" (41.14mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 2002 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 1899–May 1900 12-Month |
19.48" (494.79mm) | 18.08" (459.23mm) |
1.40" (35.56mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 2002 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1942 | ||||
|
Dec 1898–May 1900 18-Month |
26.42" (671.07mm) | 26.70" (678.18mm) |
-0.28" (-7.11mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 2013 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 1898–May 1900 24-Month |
34.63" (879.60mm) | 36.18" (918.97mm) |
-1.55" (-39.37mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1902 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1899 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 1897–May 1900 36-Month |
54.59" (1,386.59mm) | 54.21" (1,376.93mm) |
0.38" (9.66mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 2004 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 1943 | ||||
|
Jun 1896–May 1900 48-Month |
73.79" (1,874.27mm) | 72.23" (1,834.64mm) |
1.56" (39.63mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1956 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1944 | ||||
|
Jun 1895–May 1900 60-Month |
91.16" (2,315.46mm) | 90.24" (2,292.10mm) |
0.92" (23.36mm) | 70th Driest | Driest to Date | 1936 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1987 | ||||
| Ties: 1951 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 22, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/