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 2018
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 2018 1-Month |
5.80" (147.32mm) | 3.72" (94.49mm) |
2.08" (52.83mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1903 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1989 | ||||
|
Apr–May 2018 2-Month |
9.97" (253.24mm) | 7.47" (189.74mm) |
2.50" (63.50mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1963 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1983 | ||||
|
Mar–May 2018 3-Month |
14.61" (371.09mm) | 11.37" (288.80mm) |
3.24" (82.29mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1926 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb–May 2018 4-Month |
20.69" (525.53mm) | 14.42" (366.27mm) |
6.27" (159.26mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 2006 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jan–May 2018 5-Month |
23.41" (594.61mm) | 17.91" (454.91mm) |
5.50" (139.70mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1985 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 1983 | ||||
|
Dec 2017–May 2018 6-Month |
24.87" (631.70mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
3.27" (83.06mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1959 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–May 2018 7-Month |
26.57" (674.88mm) | 25.00" (635.00mm) |
1.57" (39.88mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1985 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 2017–May 2018 8-Month |
31.54" (801.12mm) | 28.35" (720.09mm) |
3.19" (81.03mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 2002 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–May 2018 9-Month |
33.81" (858.77mm) | 32.09" (815.09mm) |
1.72" (43.68mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1985 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2017–May 2018 10-Month |
38.98" (990.09mm) | 36.72" (932.69mm) |
2.26" (57.40mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1985 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2017–May 2018 11-Month |
45.27" (1,149.86mm) | 41.19" (1,046.23mm) |
4.08" (103.63mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 2002 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2017–May 2018 12-Month |
48.59" (1,234.19mm) | 44.91" (1,140.71mm) |
3.68" (93.48mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 2016–May 2018 18-Month |
71.60" (1,818.64mm) | 66.52" (1,689.61mm) |
5.08" (129.03mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2016–May 2018 24-Month |
91.73" (2,329.94mm) | 89.82" (2,281.43mm) |
1.91" (48.51mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–May 2018 36-Month |
136.74" (3,473.20mm) | 134.84" (3,424.94mm) |
1.90" (48.26mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2012 | ||||
|
Jun 2014–May 2018 48-Month |
179.54" (4,560.32mm) | 179.91" (4,569.71mm) |
-0.37" (-9.39mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1966 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2022 | ||||
|
Jun 2013–May 2018 60-Month |
231.91" (5,890.51mm) | 224.83" (5,710.68mm) |
7.08" (179.83mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1976 | ||||
| Ties: 2001 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/