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.
New Jersey
Precipitation Rankings, May 1959
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1959 1-Month |
1.78" (45.21mm) | 3.72" (94.49mm) |
-1.94" (-49.28mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1903 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1989 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1959 2-Month |
4.68" (118.87mm) | 7.47" (189.74mm) |
-2.79" (-70.87mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1963 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1983 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1959 3-Month |
8.56" (217.42mm) | 11.37" (288.80mm) |
-2.81" (-71.38mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1926 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1959 4-Month |
10.50" (266.70mm) | 14.42" (366.27mm) |
-3.92" (-99.57mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 2006 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1959 5-Month |
12.76" (324.10mm) | 17.91" (454.91mm) |
-5.15" (-130.81mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1985 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1983 | ||||
|
Dec 1958–May 1959 6-Month |
14.32" (363.73mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
-7.28" (-184.91mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1959 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1958–May 1959 7-Month |
17.10" (434.34mm) | 25.00" (635.00mm) |
-7.90" (-200.66mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1985 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1958–May 1959 8-Month |
22.46" (570.48mm) | 28.35" (720.09mm) |
-5.89" (-149.61mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 2002 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1958–May 1959 9-Month |
26.38" (670.05mm) | 32.09" (815.09mm) |
-5.71" (-145.04mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1985 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1958–May 1959 10-Month |
32.45" (824.23mm) | 36.72" (932.69mm) |
-4.27" (-108.46mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1985 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1958–May 1959 11-Month |
38.82" (986.03mm) | 41.19" (1,046.23mm) |
-2.37" (-60.20mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 2002 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1958–May 1959 12-Month |
41.97" (1,066.04mm) | 44.91" (1,140.71mm) |
-2.94" (-74.67mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1966 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1957–May 1959 18-Month |
73.41" (1,864.61mm) | 66.52" (1,689.61mm) |
6.89" (175.00mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1966 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1957–May 1959 24-Month |
89.24" (2,266.70mm) | 89.82" (2,281.43mm) |
-0.58" (-14.73mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1966 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jun 1956–May 1959 36-Month |
131.91" (3,350.51mm) | 134.84" (3,424.94mm) |
-2.93" (-74.43mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1966 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jun 1955–May 1959 48-Month |
179.49" (4,559.05mm) | 179.91" (4,569.71mm) |
-0.42" (-10.66mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1966 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2022 | ||||
| Ties: 1989 | ||||||
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Jun 1954–May 1959 60-Month |
217.07" (5,513.58mm) | 224.83" (5,710.68mm) |
-7.76" (-197.10mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1966 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1976 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/