Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Delaware
Precipitation Rankings, May 1953
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1953 1-Month |
5.76" (146.30mm) | 3.56" (90.42mm) |
2.20" (55.88mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1964 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1948 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1953 2-Month |
10.00" (254.00mm) | 7.04" (178.82mm) |
2.96" (75.18mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1942 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1948 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1953 3-Month |
15.27" (387.86mm) | 11.01" (279.65mm) |
4.26" (108.21mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1986 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1953 4-Month |
18.28" (464.31mm) | 14.06" (357.12mm) |
4.22" (107.19mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 2006 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1953 5-Month |
22.58" (573.53mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
5.03" (127.76mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 2012 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1948 | ||||
|
Dec 1952–May 1953 6-Month |
26.14" (663.96mm) | 21.01" (533.65mm) |
5.13" (130.31mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1986 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1952–May 1953 7-Month |
31.57" (801.88mm) | 24.08" (611.63mm) |
7.49" (190.25mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1977 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1952–May 1953 8-Month |
32.55" (826.77mm) | 27.23" (691.64mm) |
5.32" (135.13mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 2002 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1952–May 1953 9-Month |
35.17" (893.32mm) | 30.82" (782.83mm) |
4.35" (110.49mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 2002 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1984 | ||||
|
Aug 1952–May 1953 10-Month |
42.41" (1,077.21mm) | 35.40" (899.16mm) |
7.01" (178.05mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1985 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jul 1952–May 1953 11-Month |
46.63" (1,184.40mm) | 39.69" (1,008.13mm) |
6.94" (176.27mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1931 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1952–May 1953 12-Month |
49.53" (1,258.06mm) | 43.32" (1,100.33mm) |
6.21" (157.73mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1965 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2010 | ||||
|
Dec 1951–May 1953 18-Month |
78.39" (1,991.11mm) | 64.29" (1,632.97mm) |
14.10" (358.14mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1931 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1949 | ||||
|
Jun 1951–May 1953 24-Month |
102.12" (2,593.85mm) | 86.54" (2,198.12mm) |
15.58" (395.73mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1931 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1950–May 1953 36-Month |
139.68" (3,547.87mm) | 129.85" (3,298.19mm) |
9.83" (249.68mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1967 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2005 | ||||
|
Jun 1949–May 1953 48-Month |
175.16" (4,449.06mm) | 173.12" (4,397.25mm) |
2.04" (51.81mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1966 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1939 | ||||
|
Jun 1948–May 1953 60-Month |
227.89" (5,788.41mm) | 216.25" (5,492.75mm) |
11.64" (295.66mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1967 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1939 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 20, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/