Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Delaware
Precipitation Rankings, May 1917
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1917 1-Month |
3.00" (76.20mm) | 3.56" (90.42mm) |
-0.56" (-14.22mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1964 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1948 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1917 2-Month |
5.70" (144.78mm) | 7.04" (178.82mm) |
-1.34" (-34.04mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1942 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1948 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1917 3-Month |
12.50" (317.50mm) | 11.01" (279.65mm) |
1.49" (37.85mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 1986 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1998 | ||||||
|
Feb–May 1917 4-Month |
14.67" (372.62mm) | 14.06" (357.12mm) |
0.61" (15.50mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2006 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1912 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1917 5-Month |
17.53" (445.26mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
-0.02" (-0.51mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2012 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 1948 | ||||
|
Dec 1916–May 1917 6-Month |
22.31" (566.67mm) | 21.01" (533.65mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 1986 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1916–May 1917 7-Month |
24.60" (624.84mm) | 24.08" (611.63mm) |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 1977 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 1984 | ||||
| Ties: 1923, 1935 | ||||||
|
Oct 1916–May 1917 8-Month |
26.35" (669.29mm) | 27.23" (691.64mm) |
-0.88" (-22.35mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2002 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1916–May 1917 9-Month |
29.92" (759.97mm) | 30.82" (782.83mm) |
-0.90" (-22.86mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 2002 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 1984 | ||||
|
Aug 1916–May 1917 10-Month |
31.60" (802.64mm) | 35.40" (899.16mm) |
-3.80" (-96.52mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1985 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jul 1916–May 1917 11-Month |
36.87" (936.50mm) | 39.69" (1,008.13mm) |
-2.82" (-71.63mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1931 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1916–May 1917 12-Month |
40.95" (1,040.13mm) | 43.32" (1,100.33mm) |
-2.37" (-60.20mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1965 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 2010 | ||||
|
Dec 1915–May 1917 18-Month |
60.40" (1,534.16mm) | 64.29" (1,632.97mm) |
-3.89" (-98.81mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1931 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1949 | ||||
|
Jun 1915–May 1917 24-Month |
83.90" (2,131.06mm) | 86.54" (2,198.12mm) |
-2.64" (-67.06mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 1931 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1913 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1914–May 1917 36-Month |
121.49" (3,085.85mm) | 129.85" (3,298.19mm) |
-8.36" (-212.34mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 1967 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1914 | 2005 | ||||
|
Jun 1913–May 1917 48-Month |
157.96" (4,012.18mm) | 173.12" (4,397.25mm) |
-15.16" (-385.07mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 1966 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1939 | ||||
|
Jun 1912–May 1917 60-Month |
197.89" (5,026.41mm) | 216.25" (5,492.75mm) |
-18.36" (-466.34mm) | 9th Driest | Driest to Date | 1967 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1916 | 1939 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 25, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/