Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Minnesota
Precipitation Rankings, August 1987
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1987 1-Month |
3.02" (76.71mm) | 3.44" (87.38mm) |
-0.42" (-10.67mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1930 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1900 | ||||
| Ties: 1965 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1987 2-Month |
8.93" (226.82mm) | 7.04" (178.82mm) |
1.89" (48.00mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1930 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1987 3-Month |
10.71" (272.03mm) | 11.15" (283.21mm) |
-0.44" (-11.18mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1936 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1987 4-Month |
14.44" (366.78mm) | 14.28" (362.71mm) |
0.16" (4.07mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1910 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1987 5-Month |
14.83" (376.68mm) | 16.32" (414.53mm) |
-1.49" (-37.85mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1910 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1987 6-Month |
15.97" (405.64mm) | 17.59" (446.79mm) |
-1.62" (-41.15mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1910 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1987 7-Month |
16.36" (415.54mm) | 18.28" (464.31mm) |
-1.92" (-48.77mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1910 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1987 8-Month |
16.85" (427.99mm) | 19.07" (484.38mm) |
-2.22" (-56.39mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1910 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 1986–Aug 1987 9-Month |
17.11" (434.59mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
-2.77" (-70.36mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1910 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1986–Aug 1987 10-Month |
18.54" (470.92mm) | 21.16" (537.46mm) |
-2.62" (-66.54mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1934 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 1940 | ||||||
|
Oct 1986–Aug 1987 11-Month |
19.57" (497.08mm) | 23.09" (586.49mm) |
-3.52" (-89.41mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1934 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1999 | ||||
| Ties: 1918 | ||||||
|
Sep 1986–Aug 1987 12-Month |
25.18" (639.57mm) | 26.01" (660.65mm) |
-0.83" (-21.08mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1936 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar 1986–Aug 1987 18-Month |
46.93" (1,192.02mm) | 43.57" (1,106.68mm) |
3.36" (85.34mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1934 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2011 | ||||
|
Sep 1985–Aug 1987 24-Month |
57.11" (1,450.59mm) | 52.00" (1,320.80mm) |
5.11" (129.79mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1983 | 1934 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1984–Aug 1987 36-Month |
88.49" (2,247.65mm) | 77.95" (1,979.93mm) |
10.54" (267.72mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1931 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1983–Aug 1987 48-Month |
116.55" (2,960.37mm) | 103.86" (2,638.04mm) |
12.69" (322.33mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1936 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1982–Aug 1987 60-Month |
147.05" (3,735.07mm) | 129.79" (3,296.67mm) |
17.26" (438.40mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 15, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/