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Tulsa, OK

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Fort Smith May Ranked Monthly Rainfall

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May Rainfall for Fort Smith, Arkansas

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 141 year period of May 1883 through May 2023

 

Wettest May was 19.85 recorded in 2015

Driest May was 0.38 recorded in 1970

Difference between the wettest and driest May was 19.47

 

Driest May      Wettest May
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1886 0.38 71 1959 4.84
2 1970 0.79 72 1976 4.91
3 2012 1.15 73 1905 4.92
4 1921 1.18 74 1942 5.01
5 1988 1.26 75 2008 5.08
6 1962 1.37 76 1978 5.16
7 1925 1.44 77 1964 5.16
8 1911 1.56 78 1906 5.20
9 1951 1.58 79 1993 5.31
10 1997 1.62 80 1986 5.33
11 1974 1.93 81 1983 5.34
12 1936 1.96 82 1890 5.36
13 1969 1.99 83 2013 5.40
14 2018 2.00 84 1948 5.41
15 1920 2.12 85 1928 5.43
16 1977 2.17 86 1981 5.46
17 1941 2.19 87 1888 5.49
18 1902 2.26 88 1961 5.56
19 2004 2.28 89 1992 5.60
20 1972 2.33 90 1958 5.61
21 1917 2.37 91 1883 5.65
22 1934 2.44 92 1945 5.72
23 1901 2.52 93 1967 5.79
24 1894 2.53 94 1896 5.99
25 1912 2.54 95 1944 6.06
26 1885 2.59 96 1907 6.13
27 1998 2.62 97 2014 6.18
28 1932 2.62 98 1947 6.19
29 1954 2.67 99 2020 6.23
30 1891 2.68 100 1935 6.25
31 1940 2.70 101 1933 6.26
32 1985 2.78 102 1955 6.38
33 2005 2.84 103 2006 6.39
34 1922 2.85 104 1927 6.41
35 1926 2.86 105 2017 6.45
36 1897 2.90 106 1950 6.45
37 1913 2.99 107 1995 6.46
38 1924 3.06 108 1987 6.46
39 2023 3.13 109 1887 6.51
40 1966 3.14 110 1994 6.52
41 1916 3.29 111 2022 6.64
42 2003 3.36 112 1938 6.65
43 1991 3.43 113 1915 6.65
44 1939 3.43 114 2021 6.74
45 1956 3.44 115 1975 6.91
46 1952 3.45 116 1929 7.10
47 2000 3.55 117 1909 7.23
48 2010 3.58 118 1930 7.44
49 1918 3.64 119 1898 7.48
50 2016 3.70 120 1893 7.61
51 1884 3.70 121 1965 7.85
52 1895 3.74 122 2019 8.01
53 1973 3.76 123 1979 8.04
54 1937 3.86 124 1899 8.38
55 1963 3.88 125 1946 8.55
56 1953 3.88 126 2001 8.79
57 1900 3.92 127 1960 8.79
58 2002 3.94 128 1999 8.80
59 1931 4.26 129 1923 8.87
60 1971 4.36 130 2009 8.91
61 1949 4.38 131 1903 9.23
62 1904 4.38 132 1908 9.79
63 1996 4.41 133 1989 10.21
64 2007 4.49 134 1892 10.59
65 1980 4.61 135 1982 11.23
66 1984 4.70 136 1968 11.35
67 1919 4.70 137 2011 11.91
68 1889 4.70 138 1957 12.09
69 1914 4.75 139 1990 13.45
70 1910 4.82 140 1943 13.67
      141 2015 19.85
           
 
           
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 2015 19.85 71 1959 4.84
2 1943 13.67 72 1910 4.82
3 1990 13.45 73 1914 4.75
4 1957 12.09 74 1984 4.70
5 2011 11.91 75 1919 4.70
6 1968 11.35 76 1889 4.70
7 1982 11.23 77 1980 4.61
8 1892 10.59 78 2007 4.49
9 1989 10.21 79 1996 4.41
10 1908 9.79 80 1949 4.38
11 1903 9.23 81 1904 4.38
12 2009 8.91 82 1971 4.36
13 1923 8.87 83 1931 4.26
14 1999 8.80 84 2002 3.94
15 2001 8.79 85 1900 3.92
16 1960 8.79 86 1963 3.88
17 1946 8.55 87 1953 3.88
18 1899 8.38 88 1937 3.86
19 1979 8.04 89 1973 3.76
20 2019 8.01 90 1895 3.74
21 1965 7.85 91 2016 3.70
22 1893 7.61 92 1884 3.70
23 1898 7.48 93 1918 3.64
24 1930 7.44 94 2010 3.58
25 1909 7.23 95 2000 3.55
26 1929 7.10 96 1952 3.45
27 1975 6.91 97 1956 3.44
28 2021 6.74 98 1991 3.43
29 1938 6.65 99 1939 3.43
30 1915 6.65 100 2003 3.36
31 2022 6.64 101 1916 3.29
32 1994 6.52 102 1966 3.14
33 1887 6.51 103 2023 3.13
34 1995 6.46 104 1924 3.06
35 1987 6.46 105 1913 2.99
36 2017 6.45 106 1897 2.90
37 1950 6.45 107 1926 2.86
38 1927 6.41 108 1922 2.85
39 2006 6.39 109 2005 2.84
40 1955 6.38 110 1985 2.78
41 1933 6.26 111 1940 2.70
42 1935 6.25 112 1891 2.68
43 2020 6.23 113 1954 2.67
44 1947 6.19 114 1998 2.62
45 2014 6.18 115 1932 2.62
46 1907 6.13 116 1885 2.59
47 1944 6.06 117 1912 2.54
48 1896 5.99 118 1894 2.53
49 1967 5.79 119 1901 2.52
50 1945 5.72 120 1934 2.44
51 1883 5.65 121 1917 2.37
52 1958 5.61 122 1972 2.33
53 1992 5.60 123 2004 2.28
54 1961 5.56 124 1902 2.26
55 1888 5.49 125 1941 2.19
56 1981 5.46 126 1977 2.17
57 1928 5.43 127 1920 2.12
58 1948 5.41 128 2018 2.00
59 2013 5.40 129 1969 1.99
60 1890 5.36 130 1936 1.96
61 1983 5.34 131 1974 1.93
62 1986 5.33 132 1997 1.62
63 1993 5.31 133 1951 1.58
64 1906 5.20 134 1911 1.56
65 1978 5.16 135 1925 1.44
66 1964 5.16 136 1962 1.37
67 2008 5.08 137 1988 1.26
68 1942 5.01 138 1921 1.18
69 1905 4.92 139 2012 1.15
70 1976 4.91 140 1970 0.79
      141 1886 0.38
           

 

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