Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of June 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Upper Midwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, December 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 2016 1-Month |
1.82" (46.23mm) | 1.25" (31.75mm) |
0.57" (14.48mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1943 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2016 2-Month |
3.57" (90.68mm) | 3.10" (78.74mm) |
0.47" (11.94mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 2016 3-Month |
6.17" (156.72mm) | 5.38" (136.65mm) |
0.79" (20.07mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1982 | ||||
| Ties: 2001, 2004 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 2016 4-Month |
11.28" (286.51mm) | 8.74" (222.00mm) |
2.54" (64.51mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 2016 5-Month |
16.69" (423.93mm) | 12.27" (311.66mm) |
4.42" (112.27mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1976 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2016 6-Month |
22.05" (560.07mm) | 15.84" (402.34mm) |
6.21" (157.73mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1976 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1900 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 2016 7-Month |
25.98" (659.89mm) | 19.89" (505.21mm) |
6.09" (154.68mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1976 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2010 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2016 8-Month |
29.06" (738.12mm) | 23.31" (592.07mm) |
5.75" (146.05mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2016 9-Month |
31.60" (802.64mm) | 25.81" (655.57mm) |
5.79" (147.07mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2016 10-Month |
34.45" (875.03mm) | 27.52" (699.01mm) |
6.93" (176.02mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1910 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2016 11-Month |
35.50" (901.70mm) | 28.54" (724.92mm) |
6.96" (176.78mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1910 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2016 12-Month |
36.39" (924.31mm) | 29.68" (753.87mm) |
6.71" (170.44mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1910 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2015–Dec 2016 18-Month |
56.77" (1,441.96mm) | 45.59" (1,157.99mm) |
11.18" (283.97mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1976 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2015–Dec 2016 24-Month |
70.68" (1,795.27mm) | 59.39" (1,508.51mm) |
11.29" (286.76mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1989 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2018 | ||||||
|
Jan 2014–Dec 2016 36-Month |
105.41" (2,677.41mm) | 89.07" (2,262.38mm) |
16.34" (415.03mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1989 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2013–Dec 2016 48-Month |
139.39" (3,540.51mm) | 118.71" (3,015.23mm) |
20.68" (525.28mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1936 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2012–Dec 2016 60-Month |
167.11" (4,244.59mm) | 148.36" (3,768.34mm) |
18.75" (476.25mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1936 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published July 2020, retrieved on July 11, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/