Statewide Rankings
Colorado
Precipitation Rankings, May 1956
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 1956 1-Month |
1.22" (30.99mm) | 2.02" (51.31mm) |
-0.80" (-20.32mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: |
1974 |
108th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Ties: 1950, 1984 | ||||||
Apr– 2-Month |
2.70" (68.58mm) | 3.86" (98.04mm) |
-1.16" (-29.46mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
103rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1957 | ||||
Mar– 3-Month |
3.43" (87.12mm) | 5.37" (136.40mm) |
-1.94" (-49.28mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
115th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1957 | ||||
Feb– 4-Month |
4.54" (115.32mm) | 6.46" (164.08mm) |
-1.92" (-48.76mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
116th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1905 | ||||
Ties: 1913 | ||||||
Jan– 5-Month |
6.41" (162.81mm) | 7.52" (191.01mm) |
-1.11" (-28.20mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
99th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1957 | ||||
Ties: 1939 | ||||||
Dec 1955– 6-Month |
7.28" (184.91mm) | 8.60" (218.44mm) |
-1.32" (-33.53mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
100th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1957 | ||||
Nov 1955– 7-Month |
8.56" (217.42mm) | 9.66" (245.36mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
95th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1957 | ||||
Oct 1955– 8-Month |
9.02" (229.11mm) | 11.00" (279.40mm) |
-1.98" (-50.29mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
105th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1995 | ||||
Sep 1955– 9-Month |
9.84" (249.94mm) | 12.43" (315.72mm) |
-2.59" (-65.78mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
115th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Aug 1955– 10-Month |
12.51" (317.75mm) | 14.44" (366.78mm) |
-1.93" (-49.03mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
98th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Jul 1955– 11-Month |
13.90" (353.06mm) | 16.54" (420.12mm) |
-2.64" (-67.06mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Jun 1955– 12-Month |
15.01" (381.25mm) | 18.08" (459.23mm) |
-3.07" (-77.98mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
109th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Dec 1954– 18-Month |
22.53" (572.26mm) | 26.70" (678.18mm) |
-4.17" (-105.92mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: |
2013 |
111th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Jun 1954– 24-Month |
30.87" (784.10mm) | 36.18" (918.97mm) |
-5.31" (-134.87mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: |
1902 |
116th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Jun 1953– 36-Month |
45.19" (1,147.83mm) | 54.21" (1,376.93mm) |
-9.02" (-229.10mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: |
2022 |
121st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1943 | ||||
Jun 1952– 48-Month |
59.71" (1,516.63mm) | 72.23" (1,834.64mm) |
-12.52" (-318.01mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1944 | ||||
Jun 1951– 60-Month |
80.04" (2,033.02mm) | 90.24" (2,292.10mm) |
-10.20" (-259.08mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: |
2022 |
115th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1987 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on February 4, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/rankings