Regional Rankings
West Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, May 2009
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 2009 1-Month |
0.98" (24.89mm) | 0.92" (23.37mm) |
0.06" (1.52mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: |
1924 |
48th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Apr– 2-Month |
1.75" (44.45mm) | 2.26" (57.40mm) |
-0.51" (-12.95mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: |
1909 |
81st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1896 | ||||
Ties: 1986 | ||||||
Mar– 3-Month |
3.35" (85.09mm) | 4.59" (116.59mm) |
-1.24" (-31.50mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: |
2008 |
97th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1995 | ||||
Feb– 4-Month |
6.55" (166.37mm) | 7.31" (185.67mm) |
-0.76" (-19.30mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: |
1997 |
71st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Jan– 5-Month |
7.65" (194.31mm) | 10.29" (261.37mm) |
-2.64" (-67.06mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: |
2022 |
95th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Dec 2008– 6-Month |
9.91" (251.71mm) | 12.84" (326.14mm) |
-2.93" (-74.43mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: |
1924 |
94th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1995 | ||||
Nov 2008– 7-Month |
11.79" (299.47mm) | 14.71" (373.63mm) |
-2.92" (-74.16mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
89th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1995 | ||||
Oct 2008– 8-Month |
12.35" (313.69mm) | 15.74" (399.80mm) |
-3.39" (-86.11mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
92nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Sep 2008– 9-Month |
12.43" (315.72mm) | 16.23" (412.24mm) |
-3.80" (-96.52mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
101st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Aug 2008– 10-Month |
12.57" (319.28mm) | 16.62" (422.15mm) |
-4.05" (-102.87mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
101st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Jul 2008– 11-Month |
12.79" (324.87mm) | 16.95" (430.53mm) |
-4.16" (-105.66mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Jun 2008– 12-Month |
12.91" (327.91mm) | 17.44" (442.98mm) |
-4.53" (-115.07mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
108th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Ties: 1950 | ||||||
Dec 2007– 18-Month |
23.76" (603.50mm) | 30.25" (768.35mm) |
-6.49" (-164.85mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
107th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Jun 2007– 24-Month |
26.96" (684.78mm) | 34.89" (886.21mm) |
-7.93" (-201.43mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: |
2022 |
110th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Jun 2006– 36-Month |
37.56" (954.02mm) | 52.30" (1,328.42mm) |
-14.74" (-374.40mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: |
2022 |
122nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1984 | ||||
Jun 2005– 48-Month |
59.97" (1,523.24mm) | 69.56" (1,766.82mm) |
-9.59" (-243.58mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: |
2015 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Jun 2004– 60-Month |
83.41" (2,118.61mm) | 86.83" (2,205.48mm) |
-3.42" (-86.87mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: |
1933 |
65th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1999 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Rankings, published March 2023, retrieved on March 26, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/regional/rankings