Climate at a Glance
Divisional Rankings
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Minnesota, Climate Division 2. North Central
Precipitation Rankings, May 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 2016 1-Month |
1.58" (40.13mm) | 2.79" (70.87mm) |
-1.21" (-30.74mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1917 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1962 | ||||
|
Apr–May 2016 2-Month |
3.45" (87.63mm) | 4.57" (116.08mm) |
-1.12" (-28.45mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1980 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1896 | ||||
|
Mar–May 2016 3-Month |
5.10" (129.54mm) | 5.63" (143.00mm) |
-0.53" (-13.46mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 2003 | 1980 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1896 | ||||
|
Feb–May 2016 4-Month |
5.79" (147.07mm) | 6.26" (159.00mm) |
-0.47" (-11.93mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 1952, 1980 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1896 | ||||
| Ties: 1993 | ||||||
|
Jan–May 2016 5-Month |
6.35" (161.29mm) | 7.02" (178.31mm) |
-0.67" (-17.02mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 1900, 1952 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1896 | ||||
|
Dec 2015–May 2016 6-Month |
7.70" (195.58mm) | 7.83" (198.88mm) |
-0.13" (-3.30mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 1900 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1896 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–May 2016 7-Month |
10.35" (262.89mm) | 9.05" (229.87mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1900 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1896 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–May 2016 8-Month |
12.81" (325.37mm) | 11.01" (279.65mm) |
1.80" (45.72mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1917 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1985 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–May 2016 9-Month |
15.33" (389.38mm) | 13.83" (351.28mm) |
1.50" (38.10mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1917 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1966 | ||||
|
Aug 2015–May 2016 10-Month |
18.63" (473.20mm) | 17.30" (439.42mm) |
1.33" (33.78mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1924 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1901 | ||||
| Ties: 2014 | ||||||
|
Jul 2015–May 2016 11-Month |
21.88" (555.75mm) | 20.94" (531.88mm) |
0.94" (23.87mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1901 | ||||
| Ties: 1905 | ||||||
|
Jun 2015–May 2016 12-Month |
25.19" (639.83mm) | 24.88" (631.95mm) |
0.31" (7.88mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1934 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1906 | ||||
|
Dec 2014–May 2016 18-Month |
34.25" (869.95mm) | 32.68" (830.07mm) |
1.57" (39.88mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 2012 | 1918 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1906 | ||||
|
Jun 2014–May 2016 24-Month |
52.51" (1,333.75mm) | 49.73" (1,263.14mm) |
2.78" (70.61mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1931 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1907 | ||||
|
Jun 2013–May 2016 36-Month |
77.93" (1,979.42mm) | 74.58" (1,894.33mm) |
3.35" (85.09mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1919 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2001 | ||||
|
Jun 2012–May 2016 48-Month |
103.04" (2,617.22mm) | 99.43" (2,525.52mm) |
3.61" (91.70mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2001 | ||||
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Jun 2011–May 2016 60-Month |
126.82" (3,221.23mm) | 124.25" (3,155.95mm) |
2.57" (65.28mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1934 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2001 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 18, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/