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Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Plains, Ozarks, and Upper Midwest Thursday

Heavy thunderstorms will continue areas of excessive rainfall and locally considerable flooding over parts of the southern Plains into the mid-Mississippi River Valley through Friday. Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flash and urban flooding, along with isolated riverine flooding to a part of the Upper Midwest Thursday. Read More >

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 143-year period of May 1883 through May 2025

 

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 76 1978 5.16
2 1970 0.79 77 1964 5.16
3 2012 1.15 78 1906 5.20
4 1921 1.18 79 1993 5.31
5 1988 1.26 80 1986 5.33
6 1962 1.37 81 1983 5.34
7 1925 1.44 82 1890 5.36
8 1911 1.56 83 2013 5.40
9 1951 1.58 84 1948 5.41
10 1997 1.62 85 1928 5.43
11 1974 1.93 86 1981 5.46
12 1936 1.96 87 1888 5.49
13 1969 1.99 88 1961 5.56
14 2018 2.00 89 1992 5.60
15 1920 2.12 90 1958 5.61
16 1977 2.17 91 1883 5.65
17 1941 2.19 92 1945 5.72
18 1902 2.26 93 1967 5.79
19 2004 2.28 94 1896 5.99
20 1972 2.33 95 1944 6.06
21 1917 2.37 96 1907 6.13
22 1934 2.44 97 2014 6.18
23 1901 2.52 98 1947 6.19
24 1894 2.53 99 2024 6.20
25 1912 2.54 100 2020 6.23
26 1885 2.59 101 1935 6.25
27 1998 2.62 102 1933 6.26
28 1932 2.62 103 1955 6.38
29 1954 2.67 104 2006 6.39
30 1891 2.68 105 1927 6.41
31 1940 2.70 106 2017 6.45
32 1985 2.78 107 1950 6.45
33 2005 2.84 108 1995 6.46
34 1922 2.85 109 1987 6.46
35 1926 2.86 110 1887 6.51
36 1897 2.90 111 1994 6.52
37 1913 2.99 112 2022 6.64
38 1924 3.06 113 1938 6.65
39 2023 3.13 114 1915 6.65
40 1966 3.14 115 2021 6.74
41 1916 3.29 116 1975 6.91
42 2003 3.36 117 1929 7.10
43 1991 3.43 118 1909 7.23
44 1939 3.43 119 1930 7.44
45 1956 3.44 120 1898 7.48
46 1952 3.45 121 1893 7.61
47 2000 3.55 122 1965 7.85
48 2010 3.58 123 2019 8.01
49 1918 3.64 124 1979 8.04
50 2016 3.70 125 1899 8.38
51 1884 3.70 126 1946 8.55
52 1895 3.74 127 2025 8.61
53 1973 3.76 128 2001 8.79
54 1937 3.86 129 1960 8.79
55 1963 3.88 130 1999 8.80
56 1953 3.88 131 1923 8.87
57 1900 3.92 132 2009 8.91
58 2002 3.94 133 1903 9.23
59 1931 4.26 134 1908 9.79
60 1971 4.36 135 1989 10.21
61 1949 4.38 136 1892 10.59
62 1904 4.38 137 1982 11.23
63 1996 4.41 138 1968 11.35
64 2007 4.49 139 2011 11.91
65 1980 4.61 140 1957 12.09
66 1984 4.70 141 1990 13.45
67 1919 4.70 142 1943 13.67
68 1889 4.70 143 2015 19.85
69 1914 4.75      
70 1910 4.82      
71 1959 4.84      
72 1976 4.91      
73 1905 4.92      
74 1942 5.01      
75 2008 5.08      
           
 
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 2015 19.85 76 1984 4.70
2 1943 13.67 77 1919 4.70
3 1990 13.45 78 1889 4.70
4 1957 12.09 79 1980 4.61
5 2011 11.91 80 2007 4.49
6 1968 11.35 81 1996 4.41
7 1982 11.23 82 1949 4.38
8 1892 10.59 83 1904 4.38
9 1989 10.21 84 1971 4.36
10 1908 9.79 85 1931 4.26
11 1903 9.23 86 2002 3.94
12 2009 8.91 87 1900 3.92
13 1923 8.87 88 1963 3.88
14 1999 8.80 89 1953 3.88
15 2001 8.79 90 1937 3.86
16 1960 8.79 91 1973 3.76
17 2025 8.61 92 1895 3.74
18 1946 8.55 93 2016 3.70
19 1899 8.38 94 1884 3.70
20 1979 8.04 95 1918 3.64
21 2019 8.01 96 2010 3.58
22 1965 7.85 97 2000 3.55
23 1893 7.61 98 1952 3.45
24 1898 7.48 99 1956 3.44
25 1930 7.44 100 1991 3.43
26 1909 7.23 101 1939 3.43
27 1929 7.10 102 2003 3.36
28 1975 6.91 103 1916 3.29
29 2021 6.74 104 1966 3.14
30 1938 6.65 105 2023 3.13
31 1915 6.65 106 1924 3.06
32 2022 6.64 107 1913 2.99
33 1994 6.52 108 1897 2.90
34 1887 6.51 109 1926 2.86
35 1995 6.46 110 1922 2.85
36 1987 6.46 111 2005 2.84
37 2017 6.45 112 1985 2.78
38 1950 6.45 113 1940 2.70
39 1927 6.41 114 1891 2.68
40 2006 6.39 115 1954 2.67
41 1955 6.38 116 1998 2.62
42 1933 6.26 117 1932 2.62
43 1935 6.25 118 1885 2.59
44 2020 6.23 119 1912 2.54
45 2024 6.20 120 1894 2.53
46 1947 6.19 121 1901 2.52
47 2014 6.18 122 1934 2.44
48 1907 6.13 123 1917 2.37
49 1944 6.06 124 1972 2.33
50 1896 5.99 125 2004 2.28
51 1967 5.79 126 1902 2.26
52 1945 5.72 127 1941 2.19
53 1883 5.65 128 1977 2.17
54 1958 5.61 129 1920 2.12
55 1992 5.60 130 2018 2.00
56 1961 5.56 131 1969 1.99
57 1888 5.49 132 1936 1.96
58 1981 5.46 133 1974 1.93
59 1928 5.43 134 1997 1.62
60 1948 5.41 135 1951 1.58
61 2013 5.40 136 1911 1.56
62 1890 5.36 137 1925 1.44
63 1983 5.34 138 1962 1.37
64 1986 5.33 139 1988 1.26
65 1993 5.31 140 1921 1.18
66 1906 5.20 141 2012 1.15
67 1978 5.16 142 1970 0.79
68 1964 5.16 143 1886 0.38
69 2008 5.08      
70 1942 5.01      
71 1905 4.92      
72 1976 4.91      
73 1959 4.84      
74 1910 4.82      
75 1914 4.75      
           

 

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