Climate at a Glance
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Minnesota, Climate Division 5. Central
Precipitation Rankings, December 1970
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1970 1-Month |
0.50" (12.70mm) | 0.74" (18.80mm) |
-0.24" (-6.10mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1962 | 1913, 1943 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1968 | ||||
| Ties: 1917, 1971 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1970 2-Month |
3.86" (98.04mm) | 2.03" (51.56mm) |
1.83" (46.48mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1939 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1918 | 1996 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1970 3-Month |
8.76" (222.50mm) | 3.94" (100.08mm) |
4.82" (122.42mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1971 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1970 4-Month |
10.97" (278.64mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
4.23" (107.44mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1952 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2005 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1970 5-Month |
12.94" (328.68mm) | 10.31" (261.87mm) |
2.63" (66.81mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1970 6-Month |
16.01" (406.65mm) | 13.84" (351.54mm) |
2.17" (55.11mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1970 7-Month |
19.69" (500.13mm) | 18.16" (461.26mm) |
1.53" (38.87mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1910 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2010 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1970 8-Month |
22.88" (581.15mm) | 21.46" (545.08mm) |
1.42" (36.07mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2010 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1970 9-Month |
26.15" (664.21mm) | 23.61" (599.69mm) |
2.54" (64.52mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1913 | ||||||
|
Mar–Dec 1970 10-Month |
27.27" (692.66mm) | 24.94" (633.48mm) |
2.33" (59.18mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1910 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1965 | ||||
| Ties: 1981 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1970 11-Month |
27.43" (696.72mm) | 25.65" (651.51mm) |
1.78" (45.21mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1910 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1970 12-Month |
27.78" (705.61mm) | 26.42" (671.07mm) |
1.36" (34.54mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1910 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1969–Dec 1970 18-Month |
39.31" (998.47mm) | 40.33" (1,024.38mm) |
-1.02" (-25.91mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1976 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1970 24-Month |
51.13" (1,298.70mm) | 52.83" (1,341.88mm) |
-1.70" (-43.18mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1923 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1986 | ||||
|
Jan 1968–Dec 1970 36-Month |
85.36" (2,168.14mm) | 79.24" (2,012.70mm) |
6.12" (155.44mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1934 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1986 | ||||
|
Jan 1967–Dec 1970 48-Month |
106.96" (2,716.78mm) | 105.58" (2,681.73mm) |
1.38" (35.05mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1934 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1986 | ||||
|
Jan 1966–Dec 1970 60-Month |
131.00" (3,327.40mm) | 131.95" (3,351.53mm) |
-0.95" (-24.13mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1964 | 1934 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1986 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 1, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/