Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, May 1944
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1944 1-Month |
3.00" (76.20mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
0.09" (2.29mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1934 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1902, 2008 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 1944 2-Month |
6.30" (160.02mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
0.87" (22.10mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1934 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1979 | ||||||
|
Mar–May 1944 3-Month |
9.33" (236.98mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
1.39" (35.30mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1925 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 1957, 1991 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1944 4-Month |
11.99" (304.55mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
1.92" (48.77mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1925 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1944 5-Month |
13.87" (352.30mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1934 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1943–May 1944 6-Month |
15.61" (396.49mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
0.88" (22.35mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1931 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1943–May 1944 7-Month |
17.05" (433.07mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
0.09" (2.29mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1934 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1943–May 1944 8-Month |
18.95" (481.33mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
-0.18" (-4.57mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1934 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1961 | ||||||
|
Sep 1943–May 1944 9-Month |
20.84" (529.34mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
-0.78" (-19.81mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1934 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1943–May 1944 10-Month |
22.96" (583.18mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
-1.29" (-32.77mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1918 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1900 | ||||||
|
Jul 1943–May 1944 11-Month |
25.53" (648.46mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
-1.50" (-38.10mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1931 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1943–May 1944 12-Month |
28.80" (731.52mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
-1.15" (-29.21mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1934 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1942–May 1944 18-Month |
43.68" (1,109.47mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
-1.02" (-25.91mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1931 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1942–May 1944 24-Month |
59.97" (1,523.24mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1931 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1903 | ||||||
|
Jun 1941–May 1944 36-Month |
93.20" (2,367.28mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
3.32" (84.33mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1955 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1943 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1940–May 1944 48-Month |
122.79" (3,118.87mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
3.01" (76.46mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1956 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1930 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1939–May 1944 60-Month |
149.71" (3,802.63mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
0.07" (1.77mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1957 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1930 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/