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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 142 year period of May 1883 through May 2024

 

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

 

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