State Ranked Precipitation Data From the Midwestern Regional Climate Center Precipitation(in) ranking for Kentucky for May Rank Year * Total Normal Dep. %Norm 1 1983 9.92 5.29 4.63 188 2 1995 9.13 5.29 3.84 173 3 1984 8.43 5.29 3.14 159 4 2004 8.28 5.29 2.99 157 5 2010 8.21 5.29 2.92 155 6 1935 7.42 5.29 2.13 140 7 1927 7.30 5.29 2.01 138 8 1929 7.16 5.29 1.87 135 9 1996 7.12 5.29 1.83 135 10 1968 6.84 5.29 1.55 129 11 2003 6.80 5.29 1.51 129 12 1933 6.79 5.29 1.50 128 13 2011 6.75 5.29 1.46 128 13 1967 6.75 5.29 1.46 128 15 1915 6.67 5.29 1.38 126 16 1973 6.62 5.29 1.33 125 17 2009 6.61 5.29 1.32 125 18 1990 6.58 5.29 1.29 124 19 1981 6.27 5.29 0.98 119 20 2002 6.23 5.29 0.94 118 21 2017 6.10 5.29 0.81 115 22 1919 6.07 5.29 0.78 115 23 2016 6.06 5.29 0.77 115 24 1961 6.00 5.29 0.71 113 24 1950 6.00 5.29 0.71 113 26 1974 5.96 5.29 0.67 113 27 1946 5.76 5.29 0.47 109 28 1938 5.65 5.29 0.36 107 29 1971 5.64 5.29 0.35 107 29 1947 5.64 5.29 0.35 107 31 2020 * 5.57 5.29 0.28 105 31 1978 5.57 5.29 0.28 105 33 1957 5.55 5.29 0.26 105 34 1905 5.52 5.29 0.23 104 35 1953 5.46 5.29 0.17 103 36 1997 5.45 5.29 0.16 103 37 1943 5.29 5.29 0.00 100 38 1924 5.27 5.29 -0.02 100 39 1907 5.13 5.29 -0.16 97 40 1998 5.08 5.29 -0.21 96 41 2008 4.97 5.29 -0.32 94 42 1910 4.95 5.29 -0.34 94 43 2018 4.88 5.29 -0.41 92 44 1979 4.85 5.29 -0.44 92 45 1899 4.79 5.29 -0.50 91 46 1986 4.76 5.29 -0.53 90 47 1896 4.75 5.29 -0.54 90 48 1945 4.71 5.29 -0.58 89 49 1958 4.67 5.29 -0.62 88 50 2000 4.66 5.29 -0.63 88 51 1989 4.61 5.29 -0.68 87 52 1898 4.60 5.29 -0.69 87 53 2001 4.57 5.29 -0.72 86 54 1912 4.54 5.29 -0.75 86 55 1959 4.53 5.29 -0.76 86 56 1909 4.51 5.29 -0.78 85 57 2013 4.44 5.29 -0.85 84 58 2019 4.43 5.29 -0.86 84 59 1908 4.42 5.29 -0.87 84 60 1985 4.41 5.29 -0.88 83 61 1962 4.36 5.29 -0.93 82 62 1992 4.31 5.29 -0.98 81 63 2006 4.30 5.29 -0.99 81 64 1955 4.26 5.29 -1.03 81 65 2012 4.25 5.29 -1.04 80 66 1982 4.19 5.29 -1.10 79 67 1991 4.17 5.29 -1.12 79 68 1916 4.14 5.29 -1.15 78 69 1937 4.11 5.29 -1.18 78 70 1920 4.07 5.29 -1.22 77 71 1922 4.05 5.29 -1.24 77 72 1952 4.03 5.29 -1.26 76 73 1918 4.01 5.29 -1.28 76 74 1976 3.97 5.29 -1.32 75 75 1975 3.89 5.29 -1.40 74 76 1972 3.86 5.29 -1.43 73 76 1963 3.86 5.29 -1.43 73 78 1923 3.83 5.29 -1.46 72 79 1966 3.78 5.29 -1.51 71 80 1928 3.74 5.29 -1.55 71 81 1897 3.71 5.29 -1.58 70 82 1900 3.68 5.29 -1.61 70 83 1956 3.66 5.29 -1.63 69 84 2014 3.65 5.29 -1.64 69 84 1980 3.65 5.29 -1.64 69 86 1944 3.62 5.29 -1.67 68 87 1917 3.54 5.29 -1.75 67 88 1960 3.51 5.29 -1.78 66 89 1902 3.49 5.29 -1.80 66 90 1940 3.48 5.29 -1.81 66 91 1942 3.39 5.29 -1.90 64 92 1948 3.36 5.29 -1.93 64 93 1993 3.33 5.29 -1.96 63 94 1994 3.22 5.29 -2.07 61 95 1895 3.20 5.29 -2.09 61 96 1913 3.17 5.29 -2.12 60 97 1954 3.13 5.29 -2.16 59 98 1969 3.12 5.29 -2.17 59 99 1904 3.10 5.29 -2.19 59 100 1930 3.03 5.29 -2.26 57 101 1903 2.93 5.29 -2.36 55 102 1987 2.90 5.29 -2.39 55 103 1999 2.89 5.29 -2.40 55 104 1970 2.84 5.29 -2.45 54 105 1988 2.78 5.29 -2.51 53 105 1901 2.78 5.29 -2.51 53 107 1949 2.74 5.29 -2.55 52 108 1906 2.72 5.29 -2.57 51 109 1931 2.71 5.29 -2.58 51 110 2015 2.67 5.29 -2.62 50 111 1951 2.58 5.29 -2.71 49 112 1925 2.54 5.29 -2.75 48 113 2005 2.44 5.29 -2.85 46 114 1926 2.39 5.29 -2.90 45 115 1921 2.37 5.29 -2.92 45 116 1964 2.27 5.29 -3.02 43 117 1965 2.21 5.29 -3.08 42 118 1914 2.19 5.29 -3.10 41 119 1977 2.18 5.29 -3.11 41 120 1911 2.13 5.29 -3.16 40 121 2007 2.05 5.29 -3.24 39 122 1939 1.90 5.29 -3.39 36 123 1934 1.83 5.29 -3.46 35 124 1936 1.50 5.29 -3.79 28 125 1932 1.42 5.29 -3.87 27 126 1941 1.15 5.29 -4.14 22 * current year M = Missing, T = trace P = preliminary data, F = final data from NCDC, D = derived data, E= estimated data