Climate at a Glance
Statewide 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 March 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Minnesota
Precipitation Rankings, August 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 2020 1-Month |
4.59" (116.59mm) | 3.44" (87.38mm) |
1.15" (29.21mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2020 2-Month |
9.47" (240.54mm) | 7.04" (178.82mm) |
2.43" (61.72mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2020 3-Month |
13.51" (343.15mm) | 11.15" (283.21mm) |
2.36" (59.94mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1936 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2020 4-Month |
15.58" (395.73mm) | 14.28" (362.71mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1910 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2020 5-Month |
16.84" (427.74mm) | 16.32" (414.53mm) |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1910 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2020 6-Month |
18.03" (457.96mm) | 17.59" (446.79mm) |
0.44" (11.17mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1910 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2020 7-Month |
18.37" (466.60mm) | 18.28" (464.31mm) |
0.09" (2.29mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1910 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2020 8-Month |
19.25" (488.95mm) | 19.07" (484.38mm) |
0.18" (4.57mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1910 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Aug 2020 9-Month |
21.07" (535.18mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
1.19" (30.23mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1910 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 1915 | ||||||
|
Nov 2019–Aug 2020 10-Month |
22.24" (564.90mm) | 21.16" (537.46mm) |
1.08" (27.44mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Aug 2020 11-Month |
26.46" (672.08mm) | 23.09" (586.49mm) |
3.37" (85.59mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Aug 2020 12-Month |
32.58" (827.53mm) | 26.01" (660.65mm) |
6.57" (166.88mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1936 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Aug 2020 18-Month |
52.54" (1,334.52mm) | 43.57" (1,106.68mm) |
8.97" (227.84mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1934 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Aug 2020 24-Month |
65.18" (1,655.57mm) | 52.00" (1,320.80mm) |
13.18" (334.77mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2020 36-Month |
93.19" (2,367.03mm) | 77.95" (1,979.93mm) |
15.24" (387.10mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2020 48-Month |
123.38" (3,133.85mm) | 103.86" (2,638.04mm) |
19.52" (495.81mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1936 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2020 60-Month |
156.28" (3,969.51mm) | 129.79" (3,296.67mm) |
26.49" (672.84mm) | 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: Statewide Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 13, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/