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 July 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Upper Midwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, March 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
March 2020 1-Month |
2.35" (59.69mm) | 1.71" (43.43mm) |
0.64" (16.26mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1910 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1977 | ||||
|
Feb–Mar 2020 2-Month |
2.94" (74.68mm) | 2.74" (69.60mm) |
0.20" (5.08mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1958 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1951 | ||||
|
Jan–Mar 2020 3-Month |
4.47" (113.54mm) | 3.88" (98.55mm) |
0.59" (14.99mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1958 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1897 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Mar 2020 4-Month |
6.72" (170.69mm) | 5.12" (130.05mm) |
1.60" (40.64mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1958 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Mar 2020 5-Month |
8.49" (215.65mm) | 6.95" (176.53mm) |
1.54" (39.12mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2003 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Mar 2020 6-Month |
13.28" (337.31mm) | 9.26" (235.20mm) |
4.02" (102.11mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1925 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Mar 2020 7-Month |
19.41" (493.01mm) | 12.64" (321.06mm) |
6.77" (171.95mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1957 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Mar 2020 8-Month |
22.63" (574.80mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
6.44" (163.57mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Mar 2020 9-Month |
26.76" (679.70mm) | 19.78" (502.41mm) |
6.98" (177.29mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Mar 2020 10-Month |
30.60" (777.24mm) | 23.81" (604.77mm) |
6.79" (172.47mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2019–Mar 2020 11-Month |
36.08" (916.43mm) | 27.20" (690.88mm) |
8.88" (225.55mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Mar 2020 12-Month |
39.30" (998.22mm) | 29.70" (754.38mm) |
9.60" (243.84mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Oct 2018–Mar 2020 18-Month |
52.76" (1,340.10mm) | 38.98" (990.09mm) |
13.78" (350.01mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1964 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2018–Mar 2020 24-Month |
77.64" (1,972.06mm) | 59.38" (1,508.25mm) |
18.26" (463.81mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2017–Mar 2020 36-Month |
110.50" (2,806.70mm) | 89.04" (2,261.62mm) |
21.46" (545.08mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1935 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2016–Mar 2020 48-Month |
147.09" (3,736.09mm) | 118.67" (3,014.22mm) |
28.42" (721.87mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2015–Mar 2020 60-Month |
184.09" (4,675.89mm) | 148.34" (3,767.84mm) |
35.75" (908.05mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published August 2020, retrieved on August 11, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/