Statewide Rankings
Colorado
Precipitation Rankings, May 2021
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 2021 1-Month |
2.99" (75.95mm) | 2.02" (51.31mm) |
0.97" (24.64mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: |
1974 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Apr– 2-Month |
4.00" (101.60mm) | 3.86" (98.04mm) |
0.14" (3.56mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
47th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1957 | ||||
Mar– 3-Month |
6.07" (154.18mm) | 5.37" (136.40mm) |
0.70" (17.78mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
32nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1957 | ||||
Feb– 4-Month |
7.18" (182.37mm) | 6.46" (164.08mm) |
0.72" (18.29mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
28th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1905 | ||||
Ties: 2017 | ||||||
Jan– 5-Month |
7.92" (201.17mm) | 7.52" (191.01mm) |
0.40" (10.16mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
42nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1957 | ||||
Ties: 2001 | ||||||
Dec 2020– 6-Month |
8.88" (225.55mm) | 8.60" (218.44mm) |
0.28" (7.11mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
45th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1957 | ||||
Ties: 1903, 1997 | ||||||
Nov 2020– 7-Month |
9.73" (247.14mm) | 9.66" (245.36mm) |
0.07" (1.78mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
52nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1957 | ||||
Oct 2020– 8-Month |
10.35" (262.89mm) | 11.00" (279.40mm) |
-0.65" (-16.51mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
75th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1995 | ||||
Sep 2020– 9-Month |
11.32" (287.53mm) | 12.43" (315.72mm) |
-1.11" (-28.19mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
82nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Aug 2020– 10-Month |
12.12" (307.85mm) | 14.44" (366.78mm) |
-2.32" (-58.93mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
107th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Ties: 1951 | ||||||
Jul 2020– 11-Month |
13.97" (354.84mm) | 16.54" (420.12mm) |
-2.57" (-65.28mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
103rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Jun 2020– 12-Month |
15.12" (384.05mm) | 18.08" (459.23mm) |
-2.96" (-75.18mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
107th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Dec 2019– 18-Month |
21.42" (544.07mm) | 26.70" (678.18mm) |
-5.28" (-134.11mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: |
2013 |
120th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Jun 2019– 24-Month |
29.04" (737.62mm) | 36.18" (918.97mm) |
-7.14" (-181.35mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: |
1902 |
121st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1942 | ||||
Jun 2018– 36-Month |
48.27" (1,226.06mm) | 54.21" (1,376.93mm) |
-5.94" (-150.87mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: |
2022 |
105th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1943 | ||||
Jun 2017– 48-Month |
63.46" (1,611.88mm) | 72.23" (1,834.64mm) |
-8.77" (-222.76mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
117th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1944 | ||||
Jun 2016– 60-Month |
82.05" (2,084.07mm) | 90.24" (2,292.10mm) |
-8.19" (-208.03mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: |
2022 |
108th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1987 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Rankings, published March 2023, retrieved on March 25, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/rankings