Regional Rankings
West Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, May 2021
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 2021 1-Month |
0.34" (8.64mm) | 0.92" (23.37mm) |
-0.58" (-14.73mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: |
1924 |
117th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Ties: 1966 | ||||||
Apr– 2-Month |
0.68" (17.27mm) | 2.26" (57.40mm) |
-1.58" (-40.13mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: |
1909 |
126th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1896 | ||||
Ties: 1924 | ||||||
Mar– 3-Month |
2.07" (52.58mm) | 4.59" (116.59mm) |
-2.52" (-64.01mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: |
2008 |
123rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1995 | ||||
Feb– 4-Month |
3.23" (82.04mm) | 7.31" (185.67mm) |
-4.08" (-103.63mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: |
1997 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Jan– 5-Month |
5.77" (146.56mm) | 10.29" (261.37mm) |
-4.52" (-114.81mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: |
2022 |
114th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Dec 2020– 6-Month |
7.09" (180.09mm) | 12.84" (326.14mm) |
-5.75" (-146.05mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: |
1924 |
122nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1995 | ||||
Nov 2020– 7-Month |
8.09" (205.49mm) | 14.71" (373.63mm) |
-6.62" (-168.14mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1995 | ||||
Oct 2020– 8-Month |
8.14" (206.76mm) | 15.74" (399.80mm) |
-7.60" (-193.04mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
125th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Sep 2020– 9-Month |
8.19" (208.03mm) | 16.23" (412.24mm) |
-8.04" (-204.21mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Aug 2020– 10-Month |
8.30" (210.82mm) | 16.62" (422.15mm) |
-8.32" (-211.33mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Jul 2020– 11-Month |
8.37" (212.60mm) | 16.95" (430.53mm) |
-8.58" (-217.93mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Jun 2020– 12-Month |
8.69" (220.73mm) | 17.44" (442.98mm) |
-8.75" (-222.25mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
2021 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Dec 2019– 18-Month |
18.76" (476.50mm) | 30.25" (768.35mm) |
-11.49" (-291.85mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
125th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Jun 2019– 24-Month |
21.42" (544.07mm) | 34.89" (886.21mm) |
-13.47" (-342.14mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: |
2022 |
125th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Jun 2018– 36-Month |
43.40" (1,102.36mm) | 52.30" (1,328.42mm) |
-8.90" (-226.06mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: |
2022 |
105th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1984 | ||||
Jun 2017– 48-Month |
56.94" (1,446.28mm) | 69.56" (1,766.82mm) |
-12.62" (-320.54mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: |
2015 |
113th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1998 | ||||
Jun 2016– 60-Month |
82.39" (2,092.71mm) | 86.83" (2,205.48mm) |
-4.44" (-112.77mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: |
1933 |
74th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1999 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on January 29, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/regional/rankings