Climate at a Glance
Regional 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.
Southwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, May 2015
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 2015 1-Month |
2.93" (74.42mm) | 1.11" (28.19mm) |
1.82" (46.23mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1974 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–May 2015 2-Month |
3.91" (99.31mm) | 2.17" (55.12mm) |
1.74" (44.19mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2002 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–May 2015 3-Month |
4.80" (121.92mm) | 3.33" (84.58mm) |
1.47" (37.34mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2002 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1941 | ||||
|
Feb–May 2015 4-Month |
5.64" (143.26mm) | 4.33" (109.98mm) |
1.31" (33.28mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2002 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1905 | ||||
|
Jan–May 2015 5-Month |
6.87" (174.50mm) | 5.31" (134.87mm) |
1.56" (39.63mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1972 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1905 | ||||
|
Dec 2014–May 2015 6-Month |
8.05" (204.47mm) | 6.32" (160.53mm) |
1.73" (43.94mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2002 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1905 | ||||
| Ties: 1906 | ||||||
|
Nov 2014–May 2015 7-Month |
8.68" (220.47mm) | 7.21" (183.13mm) |
1.47" (37.34mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2002 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1941 | ||||
|
Oct 2014–May 2015 8-Month |
9.34" (237.24mm) | 8.34" (211.84mm) |
1.00" (25.40mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2002 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1941 | ||||
| Ties: 1957 | ||||||
|
Sep 2014–May 2015 9-Month |
11.95" (303.53mm) | 9.71" (246.63mm) |
2.24" (56.90mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2002 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1941 | ||||
|
Aug 2014–May 2015 10-Month |
14.54" (369.32mm) | 11.72" (297.69mm) |
2.82" (71.63mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2002 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jul 2014–May 2015 11-Month |
16.86" (428.24mm) | 13.59" (345.19mm) |
3.27" (83.05mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2021 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1941 | ||||
|
Jun 2014–May 2015 12-Month |
17.36" (440.94mm) | 14.53" (369.06mm) |
2.83" (71.88mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2021 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1905 | ||||
|
Dec 2013–May 2015 18-Month |
21.60" (548.64mm) | 20.86" (529.84mm) |
0.74" (18.80mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2021 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 1942 | ||||
| Ties: 1988 | ||||||
|
Jun 2013–May 2015 24-Month |
31.86" (809.24mm) | 29.05" (737.87mm) |
2.81" (71.37mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2021 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 2012–May 2015 36-Month |
42.53" (1,080.26mm) | 43.54" (1,105.92mm) |
-1.01" (-25.66mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2022 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 1907 | ||||
|
Jun 2011–May 2015 48-Month |
53.89" (1,368.81mm) | 58.01" (1,473.45mm) |
-4.12" (-104.64mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1904 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1986 | ||||
| Ties: 1937 | ||||||
|
Jun 2010–May 2015 60-Month |
67.86" (1,723.64mm) | 72.48" (1,840.99mm) |
-4.62" (-117.35mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1957 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1987 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/