Regional Rankings
Southwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, May 2021
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 2021 1-Month |
1.13" (28.70mm) | 1.11" (28.19mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: |
1974 |
55th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Ties: 1951, 1985 | ||||||
Apr– 2-Month |
1.68" (42.67mm) | 2.17" (55.12mm) |
-0.49" (-12.45mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
89th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Ties: 1934, 1943 | ||||||
Mar– 3-Month |
2.77" (70.36mm) | 3.33" (84.58mm) |
-0.56" (-14.22mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
91st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Feb– 4-Month |
3.40" (86.36mm) | 4.33" (109.98mm) |
-0.93" (-23.62mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
96th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1905 | ||||
Jan– 5-Month |
4.22" (107.19mm) | 5.31" (134.87mm) |
-1.09" (-27.68mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: |
1972 |
92nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1905 | ||||
Ties: 1913 | ||||||
Dec 2020– 6-Month |
4.78" (121.41mm) | 6.32" (160.53mm) |
-1.54" (-39.12mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
102nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1905 | ||||
Nov 2020– 7-Month |
5.28" (134.11mm) | 7.21" (183.13mm) |
-1.93" (-49.02mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
105th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Oct 2020– 8-Month |
5.68" (144.27mm) | 8.34" (211.84mm) |
-2.66" (-67.57mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
116th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Sep 2020– 9-Month |
6.23" (158.24mm) | 9.71" (246.63mm) |
-3.48" (-88.39mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Aug 2020– 10-Month |
6.82" (173.23mm) | 11.72" (297.69mm) |
-4.90" (-124.46mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
126th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Jul 2020– 11-Month |
8.18" (207.77mm) | 13.59" (345.19mm) |
-5.41" (-137.42mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1941 | ||||
Jun 2020– 12-Month |
8.79" (223.27mm) | 14.53" (369.06mm) |
-5.74" (-145.79mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1905 | ||||
Dec 2019– 18-Month |
14.07" (357.38mm) | 20.86" (529.84mm) |
-6.79" (-172.46mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
126th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Jun 2019– 24-Month |
21.02" (533.91mm) | 29.05" (737.87mm) |
-8.03" (-203.96mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
126th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Jun 2018– 36-Month |
37.87" (961.90mm) | 43.54" (1,105.92mm) |
-5.67" (-144.02mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: |
2022 |
112th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1907 | ||||
Jun 2017– 48-Month |
49.06" (1,246.12mm) | 58.01" (1,473.45mm) |
-8.95" (-227.33mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: |
1904 |
118th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1986 | ||||
Jun 2016– 60-Month |
64.51" (1,638.55mm) | 72.48" (1,840.99mm) |
-7.97" (-202.44mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
112th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1987 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on February 1, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/regional/rankings