Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Colorado
Precipitation Rankings, May 1943
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1943 1-Month |
2.62" (66.55mm) | 2.02" (51.31mm) |
0.60" (15.24mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1974 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1943 2-Month |
3.66" (92.96mm) | 3.86" (98.04mm) |
-0.20" (-5.08mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 2002 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1984 | ||||||
|
Mar–May 1943 3-Month |
5.25" (133.35mm) | 5.37" (136.40mm) |
-0.12" (-3.05mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 2002 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1957 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1943 4-Month |
6.14" (155.96mm) | 6.46" (164.08mm) |
-0.32" (-8.12mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 2002 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1905 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1943 5-Month |
7.42" (188.47mm) | 7.52" (191.01mm) |
-0.10" (-2.54mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 2002 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1996 | ||||||
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Dec 1942–May 1943 6-Month |
8.51" (216.15mm) | 8.60" (218.44mm) |
-0.09" (-2.29mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 2002 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1957 | ||||
|
Nov 1942–May 1943 7-Month |
9.20" (233.68mm) | 9.66" (245.36mm) |
-0.46" (-11.68mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 2002 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1957 | ||||
|
Oct 1942–May 1943 8-Month |
11.62" (295.15mm) | 11.00" (279.40mm) |
0.62" (15.75mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 2002 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1995 | ||||
|
Sep 1942–May 1943 9-Month |
13.20" (335.28mm) | 12.43" (315.72mm) |
0.77" (19.56mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 2002 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1942 | ||||
|
Aug 1942–May 1943 10-Month |
14.82" (376.43mm) | 14.44" (366.78mm) |
0.38" (9.65mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 2002 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jul 1942–May 1943 11-Month |
16.30" (414.02mm) | 16.54" (420.12mm) |
-0.24" (-6.10mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 2002 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 1942–May 1943 12-Month |
18.29" (464.57mm) | 18.08" (459.23mm) |
0.21" (5.34mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 2002 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1942 | ||||
|
Dec 1941–May 1943 18-Month |
28.91" (734.31mm) | 26.70" (678.18mm) |
2.21" (56.13mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 2013 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 1941–May 1943 24-Month |
43.16" (1,096.26mm) | 36.18" (918.97mm) |
6.98" (177.29mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1902 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1942 | ||||
|
Jun 1940–May 1943 36-Month |
63.67" (1,617.22mm) | 54.21" (1,376.93mm) |
9.46" (240.29mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 2022 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1943 | ||||
|
Jun 1939–May 1943 48-Month |
77.99" (1,980.95mm) | 72.23" (1,834.64mm) |
5.76" (146.31mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1956 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 1944 | ||||
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Jun 1938–May 1943 60-Month |
95.78" (2,432.81mm) | 90.24" (2,292.10mm) |
5.54" (140.71mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 2022 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1987 | ||||
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/