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Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >

 

May Rainfall for Tulsa, Oklahoma

All rainfall amounts are in inches

For the 137 year period of May 1888 through May 2024

 

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

 

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Updated: June 5, 2024