Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Delaware
Precipitation Rankings, May 2002
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 2002 1-Month |
3.20" (81.28mm) | 3.56" (90.42mm) |
-0.36" (-9.14mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1964 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1948 | ||||
| Ties: 1987 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 2002 2-Month |
7.24" (183.90mm) | 7.04" (178.82mm) |
0.20" (5.08mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1942 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1948 | ||||
|
Mar–May 2002 3-Month |
12.01" (305.05mm) | 11.01" (279.65mm) |
1.00" (25.40mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1986 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–May 2002 4-Month |
12.70" (322.58mm) | 14.06" (357.12mm) |
-1.36" (-34.54mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 2006 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–May 2002 5-Month |
15.20" (386.08mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
-2.35" (-59.69mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 2012 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1948 | ||||
|
Dec 2001–May 2002 6-Month |
17.23" (437.64mm) | 21.01" (533.65mm) |
-3.78" (-96.01mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1986 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 2001–May 2002 7-Month |
17.80" (452.12mm) | 24.08" (611.63mm) |
-6.28" (-159.51mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1977 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 2001–May 2002 8-Month |
18.74" (476.00mm) | 27.23" (691.64mm) |
-8.49" (-215.64mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 2002 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 2001–May 2002 9-Month |
20.84" (529.34mm) | 30.82" (782.83mm) |
-9.98" (-253.49mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 2002 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1984 | ||||
|
Aug 2001–May 2002 10-Month |
27.11" (688.59mm) | 35.41" (899.41mm) |
-8.30" (-210.82mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1985 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jul 2001–May 2002 11-Month |
32.07" (814.58mm) | 39.69" (1,008.13mm) |
-7.62" (-193.55mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1931 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2001–May 2002 12-Month |
37.17" (944.12mm) | 43.32" (1,100.33mm) |
-6.15" (-156.21mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1965 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2010 | ||||
| Ties: 1900 | ||||||
|
Dec 2000–May 2002 18-Month |
57.23" (1,453.64mm) | 64.29" (1,632.97mm) |
-7.06" (-179.33mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1987 | 1931 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1949 | ||||
|
Jun 2000–May 2002 24-Month |
80.96" (2,056.38mm) | 86.54" (2,198.12mm) |
-5.58" (-141.74mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1931 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1999–May 2002 36-Month |
128.50" (3,263.90mm) | 129.85" (3,298.19mm) |
-1.35" (-34.29mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1967 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2005 | ||||
|
Jun 1998–May 2002 48-Month |
163.62" (4,155.95mm) | 173.12" (4,397.25mm) |
-9.50" (-241.30mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1989 | 1966 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1939 | ||||
|
Jun 1997–May 2002 60-Month |
212.28" (5,391.91mm) | 216.25" (5,492.75mm) |
-3.97" (-100.84mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1967 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1939 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 11, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/