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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

Weather Forecast Office

Tulsa May Ranked Monthly Rainfall

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May Rainfall for Tulsa, Oklahoma

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 138-year period of May 1888 through May 2025

 

Wettest May was 18.00 recorded in 1943

Driest May was 0.80 recorded in 1897

Difference between the wettest and driest May was 17.20

 

Driest May      Wettest May
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1897 0.80 71 1922 5.13
2 1924 1.06 72 1954 5.17
3 1988 1.17 73 1930 5.18
4 2012 1.18 74 2002 5.21
5 1945 1.33 75 1990 5.21
6 2005 1.61 76 1910 5.21
7 1906 1.62 77 2010 5.23
8 1997 1.66 78 2003 5.25
9 1932 1.68 79 1907 5.25
10 1962 1.69 80 1973 5.30
11 1921 1.69 81 1967 5.34
12 1951 1.76 82 2021 5.46
13 1925 1.79 83 1944 5.50
14 1966 1.86 84 1992 5.65
15 1911 1.97 85 1977 5.72
16 1969 1.98 86 1900 5.77
17 1934 2.08 87 1896 5.90
18 1996 2.14 88 1979 6.15
19 1942 2.26 89 1947 6.26
20 1937 2.30 90 2001 6.32
21 1972 2.43 91 1929 6.58
22 1998 2.46 92 1971 6.59
23 1963 2.49 93 1959 6.66
24 1994 2.81 94 1981 6.70
25 1953 2.87 95 1976 6.75
26 1901 2.88 96 2009 6.80
27 2018 2.89 97 1983 6.85
28 1916 2.90 98 1993 6.86
29 1948 2.94 99 1974 6.94
30 2006 3.04 100 1923 6.95
31 1928 3.05 101 1986 6.97
32 2004 3.07 102 2000 7.01
33 2023 3.09 103 2017 7.12
34 1895 3.20 104 1975 7.22
35 1889 3.28 105 1980 7.23
36 1918 3.33 106 1913 7.36
37 1952 3.45 107 1939 7.37
38 2014 3.51 108 1915 7.40
39 1968 3.56 109 1899 7.51
40 2011 3.58 110 1893 7.65
41 1912 3.62 111 1905 8.00
42 1940 3.67 112 1933 8.25
43 1958 3.69 113 1920 8.31
44 1890 3.70 114 1949 8.34
45 1941 3.72 115 1898 8.40
46 1917 3.88 116 2025 8.73
47 2016 3.91 117 1908 8.76
48 1965 3.91 118 1960 8.91
49 1936 3.91 119 1961 9.09
50 1989 3.95 120 1978 9.28
51 1931 3.96 121 1982 9.30
52 1926 4.18 122 1950 9.32
53 1985 4.19 123 2022 9.43
54 1970 4.20 124 1999 9.55
55 1955 4.20 125 2008 9.60
56 1888 4.20 126 1957 9.80
57 1894 4.30 127 1909 9.84
58 1927 4.45 128 1903 9.98
59 1919 4.45 129 1987 10.02
60 1904 4.55 130 2007 10.03
61 2013 4.71 131 1995 10.73
62 1964 4.77 132 2024 10.76
63 1914 4.77 133 1984 11.25
64 2020 4.81 134 1902 11.30
65 1891 5.00 135 1892 12.10
66 1938 5.03 136 2019 12.99
67 1946 5.08 137 2015 14.77
68 1991 5.11 138 1943 18.00
69 1935 5.11      
70 1956 5.13      
           
 
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1943 18.00 71 1935 5.11
2 2015 14.77 72 1946 5.08
3 2019 12.99 73 1938 5.03
4 1892 12.10 74 1891 5.00
5 1902 11.30 75 2020 4.81
6 1984 11.25 76 1964 4.77
7 2024 10.76 77 1914 4.77
8 1995 10.73 78 2013 4.71
9 2007 10.03 79 1904 4.55
10 1987 10.02 80 1927 4.45
11 1903 9.98 81 1919 4.45
12 1909 9.84 82 1894 4.30
13 1957 9.80 83 1970 4.20
14 2008 9.60 84 1955 4.20
15 1999 9.55 85 1888 4.20
16 2022 9.43 86 1985 4.19
17 1950 9.32 87 1926 4.18
18 1982 9.30 88 1931 3.96
19 1978 9.28 89 1989 3.95
20 1961 9.09 90 2016 3.91
21 1960 8.91 91 1965 3.91
22 1908 8.76 92 1936 3.91
23 2025 8.73 93 1917 3.88
24 1898 8.40 94 1941 3.72
25 1949 8.34 95 1890 3.70
26 1920 8.31 96 1958 3.69
27 1933 8.25 97 1940 3.67
28 1905 8.00 98 1912 3.62
29 1893 7.65 99 2011 3.58
30 1899 7.51 100 1968 3.56
31 1915 7.40 101 2014 3.51
32 1939 7.37 102 1952 3.45
33 1913 7.36 103 1918 3.33
34 1980 7.23 104 1889 3.28
35 1975 7.22 105 1895 3.20
36 2017 7.12 106 2023 3.09
37 2000 7.01 107 2004 3.07
38 1986 6.97 108 1928 3.05
39 1923 6.95 109 2006 3.04
40 1974 6.94 110 1948 2.94
41 1993 6.86 111 1916 2.90
42 1983 6.85 112 2018 2.89
43 2009 6.80 113 1901 2.88
44 1976 6.75 114 1953 2.87
45 1981 6.70 115 1994 2.81
46 1959 6.66 116 1963 2.49
47 1971 6.59 117 1998 2.46
48 1929 6.58 118 1972 2.43
49 2001 6.32 119 1937 2.30
50 1947 6.26 120 1942 2.26
51 1979 6.15 121 1996 2.14
52 1896 5.90 122 1934 2.08
53 1900 5.77 123 1969 1.98
54 1977 5.72 124 1911 1.97
55 1992 5.65 125 1966 1.86
56 1944 5.50 126 1925 1.79
57 2021 5.46 127 1951 1.76
58 1967 5.34 128 1962 1.69
59 1973 5.30 129 1921 1.69
60 2003 5.25 130 1932 1.68
61 1907 5.25 131 1997 1.66
62 2010 5.23 132 1906 1.62
63 2002 5.21 133 2005 1.61
64 1990 5.21 134 1945 1.33
65 1910 5.21 135 2012 1.18
66 1930 5.18 136 1988 1.17
67 1954 5.17 137 1924 1.06
68 1956 5.13 138 1897 0.80
69 1922 5.13      
70 1991 5.11      
           

 

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