Climate at a Glance
National 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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, May 1924
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1924 1-Month |
2.42" (61.47mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
-0.49" (-12.44mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1911 | 1934 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1932 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 1924 2-Month |
4.68" (118.87mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
-0.75" (-19.05mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1913 | 1934 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 1957 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1924 3-Month |
6.90" (175.26mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
-1.04" (-26.42mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1911 | 1925 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 1957, 1991 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1924 4-Month |
8.73" (221.74mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
-1.34" (-34.04mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1911 | 1925 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1924 5-Month |
10.73" (272.54mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
-1.66" (-42.17mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1910 | 1934 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1923–May 1924 6-Month |
13.56" (344.42mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
-1.17" (-29.72mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1931 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1939, 2006 | ||||||
|
Nov 1923–May 1924 7-Month |
15.44" (392.18mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
-1.52" (-38.60mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1934 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1923–May 1924 8-Month |
17.97" (456.44mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
-1.16" (-29.46mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1918 | 1934 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1923–May 1924 9-Month |
20.80" (528.32mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
-0.82" (-20.83mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1923 | 1934 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1926 | ||||||
|
Aug 1923–May 1924 10-Month |
23.72" (602.49mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
-0.53" (-13.46mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1923 | 1918 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1923–May 1924 11-Month |
26.42" (671.07mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
-0.61" (-15.49mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1923 | 1931 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1948 | ||||||
|
Jun 1923–May 1924 12-Month |
29.72" (754.89mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
-0.23" (-5.84mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1923 | 1934 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1922–May 1924 18-Month |
45.08" (1,145.03mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
0.38" (9.65mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1923 | 1931 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1922–May 1924 24-Month |
58.18" (1,477.77mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-1.74" (-44.20mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1919 | 1931 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1921–May 1924 36-Month |
89.34" (2,269.24mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
-0.54" (-13.71mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1920 | 1955 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2004 | ||||||
|
Jun 1920–May 1924 48-Month |
119.69" (3,040.13mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-0.09" (-2.28mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1921 | 1956 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1919–May 1924 60-Month |
151.27" (3,842.26mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
1.63" (41.40mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1922 | 1957 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/