Climate at a Glance
Statewide 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.
Maryland
Precipitation Rankings, May 2022
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 2022 1-Month |
5.64" (143.26mm) | 3.73" (94.74mm) |
1.91" (48.52mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1964 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–May 2022 2-Month |
9.47" (240.54mm) | 7.21" (183.13mm) |
2.26" (57.41mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1963 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 1983 | ||||
|
Mar–May 2022 3-Month |
12.30" (312.42mm) | 10.99" (279.15mm) |
1.31" (33.27mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1986 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 2019 | ||||||
|
Feb–May 2022 4-Month |
14.44" (366.78mm) | 13.88" (352.55mm) |
0.56" (14.23mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 2006 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–May 2022 5-Month |
18.28" (464.31mm) | 17.23" (437.64mm) |
1.05" (26.67mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1969 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 2021–May 2022 6-Month |
19.37" (492.00mm) | 20.52" (521.21mm) |
-1.15" (-29.21mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1986 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 2021–May 2022 7-Month |
20.35" (516.89mm) | 23.51" (597.15mm) |
-3.16" (-80.26mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1977 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 1998 | ||||
|
Oct 2021–May 2022 8-Month |
23.81" (604.77mm) | 26.64" (676.66mm) |
-2.83" (-71.89mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1925 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 2021–May 2022 9-Month |
29.90" (759.46mm) | 30.19" (766.83mm) |
-0.29" (-7.37mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2002 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2021–May 2022 10-Month |
35.74" (907.80mm) | 34.56" (877.82mm) |
1.18" (29.98mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1931 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2021–May 2022 11-Month |
40.08" (1,018.03mm) | 38.72" (983.49mm) |
1.36" (34.54mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1931 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2021–May 2022 12-Month |
43.87" (1,114.30mm) | 42.56" (1,081.02mm) |
1.31" (33.28mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1931 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2020–May 2022 18-Month |
65.27" (1,657.86mm) | 63.04" (1,601.22mm) |
2.23" (56.64mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1931 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2020–May 2022 24-Month |
95.61" (2,428.49mm) | 85.05" (2,160.27mm) |
10.56" (268.22mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1931 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–May 2022 36-Month |
136.23" (3,460.24mm) | 127.65" (3,242.31mm) |
8.58" (217.93mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1967 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 2021 | ||||
|
Jun 2018–May 2022 48-Month |
198.75" (5,048.25mm) | 170.18" (4,322.57mm) |
28.57" (725.68mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1966 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2021 | 2021 | ||||
|
Jun 2017–May 2022 60-Month |
244.17" (6,201.92mm) | 212.57" (5,399.28mm) |
31.60" (802.64mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2021 | 1969 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2022 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/