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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Michigan
Precipitation Rankings, May 1938
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1938 1-Month |
3.75" (95.25mm) | 3.09" (78.49mm) |
0.66" (16.76mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1925 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 2004 | ||||
| Ties: 1974 | ||||||
|
Apr–May 1938 2-Month |
5.51" (139.95mm) | 5.68" (144.27mm) |
-0.17" (-4.32mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1925 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1938 3-Month |
8.34" (211.84mm) | 7.72" (196.09mm) |
0.62" (15.75mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1958 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1938 4-Month |
11.51" (292.35mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
2.28" (57.91mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1958 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1929 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1938 5-Month |
14.12" (358.65mm) | 11.04" (280.42mm) |
3.08" (78.23mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1958 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1929 | 2013 | ||||
|
Dec 1937–May 1938 6-Month |
15.58" (395.73mm) | 13.03" (330.96mm) |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1958 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1929 | 2013 | ||||
|
Nov 1937–May 1938 7-Month |
17.94" (455.68mm) | 15.60" (396.24mm) |
2.34" (59.44mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1987 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1929 | 2004 | ||||
|
Oct 1937–May 1938 8-Month |
20.65" (524.51mm) | 18.31" (465.07mm) |
2.34" (59.44mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1925 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1929 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1937–May 1938 9-Month |
24.43" (620.52mm) | 21.69" (550.93mm) |
2.74" (69.59mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1925 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 1937–May 1938 10-Month |
27.04" (686.82mm) | 24.82" (630.43mm) |
2.22" (56.39mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1931 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jul 1937–May 1938 11-Month |
30.86" (783.84mm) | 27.88" (708.15mm) |
2.98" (75.69mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1931 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1929 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun 1937–May 1938 12-Month |
33.97" (862.84mm) | 31.14" (790.96mm) |
2.83" (71.88mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1931 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1929 | 2020 | ||||
|
Dec 1936–May 1938 18-Month |
46.79" (1,188.47mm) | 44.16" (1,121.66mm) |
2.63" (66.81mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1931 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1929 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1936–May 1938 24-Month |
62.56" (1,589.02mm) | 62.26" (1,581.40mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1931 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1935–May 1938 36-Month |
90.82" (2,306.83mm) | 93.40" (2,372.36mm) |
-2.58" (-65.53mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1936 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1930 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1934–May 1938 48-Month |
118.95" (3,021.33mm) | 124.54" (3,163.32mm) |
-5.59" (-141.99mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1937 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1930 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1933–May 1938 60-Month |
143.30" (3,639.82mm) | 155.69" (3,954.53mm) |
-12.39" (-314.71mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1934 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 7, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/