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Dangerous to record breaking heat will build across the center of the nation and slowly build eastward this week. Wildfire conditions remain critical for the Southwest and portions of the Great Basin through Monday. For the northern Plains and upper Midwest, severe thunderstorms with the potential for large to very large hail and severe winds are the primary hazards. 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 139-year period of May 1888 through May 2026

 

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 2026 8.08
43 1958 3.69 113 1933 8.25
44 1890 3.70 114 1920 8.31
45 1941 3.72 115 1949 8.34
46 1917 3.88 116 1898 8.40
47 2016 3.91 117 2025 8.73
48 1965 3.91 118 1908 8.76
49 1936 3.91 119 1960 8.91
50 1989 3.95 120 1961 9.09
51 1931 3.96 121 1978 9.28
52 1926 4.18 122 1982 9.30
53 1985 4.19 123 1950 9.32
54 1970 4.20 124 2022 9.43
55 1955 4.20 125 1999 9.55
56 1888 4.20 126 2008 9.60
57 1894 4.30 127 1957 9.80
58 1927 4.45 128 1909 9.84
59 1919 4.45 129 1903 9.98
60 1904 4.55 130 1987 10.02
61 2013 4.71 131 2007 10.03
62 1964 4.77 132 1995 10.73
63 1914 4.77 133 2024 10.76
64 2020 4.81 134 1984 11.25
65 1891 5.00 135 1902 11.30
66 1938 5.03 136 1892 12.10
67 1946 5.08 137 2019 12.99
68 1991 5.11 138 2015 14.77
69 1935 5.11 139 1943 18.00
70 1956 5.13      
           
 
RANK YEAR RAIN RANK YEAR RAIN
           
1 1943 18.00 71 1991 5.11
2 2015 14.77 72 1935 5.11
3 2019 12.99 73 1946 5.08
4 1892 12.10 74 1938 5.03
5 1902 11.30 75 1891 5.00
6 1984 11.25 76 2020 4.81
7 2024 10.76 77 1964 4.77
8 1995 10.73 78 1914 4.77
9 2007 10.03 79 2013 4.71
10 1987 10.02 80 1904 4.55
11 1903 9.98 81 1927 4.45
12 1909 9.84 82 1919 4.45
13 1957 9.80 83 1894 4.30
14 2008 9.60 84 1970 4.20
15 1999 9.55 85 1955 4.20
16 2022 9.43 86 1888 4.20
17 1950 9.32 87 1985 4.19
18 1982 9.30 88 1926 4.18
19 1978 9.28 89 1931 3.96
20 1961 9.09 90 1989 3.95
21 1960 8.91 91 2016 3.91
22 1908 8.76 92 1965 3.91
23 2025 8.73 93 1936 3.91
24 1898 8.40 94 1917 3.88
25 1949 8.34 95 1941 3.72
26 1920 8.31 96 1890 3.70
27 1933 8.25 97 1958 3.69
28 2026 8.08 98 1940 3.67
29 1905 8.00 99 1912 3.62
30 1893 7.65 100 2011 3.58
31 1899 7.51 101 1968 3.56
32 1915 7.40 102 2014 3.51
33 1939 7.37 103 1952 3.45
34 1913 7.36 104 1918 3.33
35 1980 7.23 105 1889 3.28
36 1975 7.22 106 1895 3.20
37 2017 7.12 107 2023 3.09
38 2000 7.01 108 2004 3.07
39 1986 6.97 109 1928 3.05
40 1923 6.95 110 2006 3.04
41 1974 6.94 111 1948 2.94
42 1993 6.86 112 1916 2.90
43 1983 6.85 113 2018 2.89
44 2009 6.80 114 1901 2.88
45 1976 6.75 115 1953 2.87
46 1981 6.70 116 1994 2.81
47 1959 6.66 117 1963 2.49
48 1971 6.59 118 1998 2.46
49 1929 6.58 119 1972 2.43
50 2001 6.32 120 1937 2.30
51 1947 6.26 121 1942 2.26
52 1979 6.15 122 1996 2.14
53 1896 5.90 123 1934 2.08
54 1900 5.77 124 1969 1.98
55 1977 5.72 125 1911 1.97
56 1992 5.65 126 1966 1.86
57 1944 5.50 127 1925 1.79
58 2021 5.46 128 1951 1.76
59 1967 5.34 129 1962 1.69
60 1973 5.30 130 1921 1.69
61 2003 5.25 131 1932 1.68
62 1907 5.25 132 1997 1.66
63 2010 5.23 133 1906 1.62
64 2002 5.21 134 2005 1.61
65 1990 5.21 135 1945 1.33
66 1910 5.21 136 2012 1.18
67 1930 5.18 137 1988 1.17
68 1954 5.17 138 1924 1.06
69 1956 5.13 139 1897 0.80
70 1922 5.13      
           

 

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Updated: June 18, 2026

 

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