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 2012
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 2012 1-Month |
2.50" (63.50mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
-0.41" (-10.41mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1934 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–May 2012 2-Month |
4.73" (120.14mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
-0.70" (-17.78mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1934 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1966 | ||||||
|
Mar–May 2012 3-Month |
7.60" (193.04mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
-0.34" (-8.64mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1925 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1957, 1991 | ||||
|
Feb–May 2012 4-Month |
9.45" (240.03mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
-0.62" (-15.75mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1925 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1913 | ||||||
|
Jan–May 2012 5-Month |
11.54" (293.12mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
-0.85" (-21.59mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1934 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2011–May 2012 6-Month |
13.80" (350.52mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
-0.93" (-23.62mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1931 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2011–May 2012 7-Month |
16.27" (413.26mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
-0.69" (-17.52mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1934 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1968 | ||||||
|
Oct 2011–May 2012 8-Month |
18.41" (467.61mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
-0.72" (-18.29mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1934 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2011–May 2012 9-Month |
20.89" (530.61mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
-0.73" (-18.54mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1934 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2011–May 2012 10-Month |
23.23" (590.04mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
-1.02" (-25.91mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1918 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2011–May 2012 11-Month |
25.67" (652.02mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
-1.36" (-34.54mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1931 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2021 | ||||||
|
Jun 2011–May 2012 12-Month |
28.25" (717.55mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
-1.70" (-43.18mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1934 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2010–May 2012 18-Month |
44.09" (1,119.89mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
-0.61" (-15.49mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1931 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2010–May 2012 24-Month |
60.38" (1,533.65mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
0.46" (11.68mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1931 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2009–May 2012 36-Month |
93.32" (2,370.33mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
3.44" (87.38mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1955 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2008–May 2012 48-Month |
123.81" (3,144.77mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
4.03" (102.36mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1956 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2007–May 2012 60-Month |
154.20" (3,916.68mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
4.56" (115.82mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 1957 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/