Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Colorado
Precipitation Rankings, May 1917
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1917 1-Month |
3.43" (87.12mm) | 2.02" (51.31mm) |
1.41" (35.81mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 1974 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1898 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1917 2-Month |
5.74" (145.80mm) | 3.86" (98.04mm) |
1.88" (47.76mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2002 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1917 3-Month |
6.86" (174.24mm) | 5.37" (136.40mm) |
1.49" (37.84mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2002 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1957 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1917 4-Month |
7.64" (194.06mm) | 6.46" (164.08mm) |
1.18" (29.98mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2002 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1905 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1917 5-Month |
8.71" (221.23mm) | 7.52" (191.01mm) |
1.19" (30.22mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2002 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1957 | ||||
|
Dec 1916–May 1917 6-Month |
10.04" (255.02mm) | 8.60" (218.44mm) |
1.44" (36.58mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2002 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1957 | ||||
|
Nov 1916–May 1917 7-Month |
10.74" (272.80mm) | 9.66" (245.36mm) |
1.08" (27.44mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2002 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1957 | ||||
|
Oct 1916–May 1917 8-Month |
13.35" (339.09mm) | 11.00" (279.40mm) |
2.35" (59.69mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2002 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1995 | ||||
|
Sep 1916–May 1917 9-Month |
14.21" (360.93mm) | 12.43" (315.72mm) |
1.78" (45.21mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2002 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1914 | 1942 | ||||
|
Aug 1916–May 1917 10-Month |
17.39" (441.71mm) | 14.44" (366.78mm) |
2.95" (74.93mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2002 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1905 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jul 1916–May 1917 11-Month |
19.56" (496.82mm) | 16.54" (420.12mm) |
3.02" (76.70mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2002 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1905 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 1916–May 1917 12-Month |
20.21" (513.33mm) | 18.08" (459.23mm) |
2.13" (54.10mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2002 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1942 | ||||
|
Dec 1915–May 1917 18-Month |
29.56" (750.82mm) | 26.70" (678.18mm) |
2.86" (72.64mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 2013 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 1915–May 1917 24-Month |
39.25" (996.95mm) | 36.18" (918.97mm) |
3.07" (77.98mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1902 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1942 | ||||
| Ties: 2008 | ||||||
|
Jun 1914–May 1917 36-Month |
60.62" (1,539.75mm) | 54.21" (1,376.93mm) |
6.41" (162.82mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 2004 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1943 | ||||
|
Jun 1913–May 1917 48-Month |
81.73" (2,075.94mm) | 72.23" (1,834.64mm) |
9.50" (241.30mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 1956 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1944 | ||||
|
Jun 1912–May 1917 60-Month |
98.45" (2,500.63mm) | 90.24" (2,292.10mm) |
8.21" (208.53mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 1936 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1987 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2020, retrieved on August 9, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/