Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, March 1971
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 1971 1-Month |
0.77" (19.56mm) | 0.74" (18.80mm) |
0.03" (0.76mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1930 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1966 | 1902 | ||||
| Ties: 1919 | ||||||
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Feb–Mar 1971 2-Month |
1.01" (25.65mm) | 1.20" (30.48mm) |
-0.19" (-4.83mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 2020 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1902 | ||||
| Ties: 1913 | ||||||
|
Jan–Mar 1971 3-Month |
1.80" (45.72mm) | 1.69" (42.93mm) |
0.11" (2.79mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 2001 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1902 | ||||
| Ties: 1938 | ||||||
|
Dec 1970–Mar 1971 4-Month |
2.15" (54.61mm) | 2.18" (55.37mm) |
-0.03" (-0.76mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1957, 1959 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1911, 1984 | ||||||
|
Nov 1970–Mar 1971 5-Month |
3.13" (79.50mm) | 2.79" (70.87mm) |
0.34" (8.63mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 2008 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2009 | ||||
|
Oct 1970–Mar 1971 6-Month |
3.97" (100.84mm) | 3.86" (98.04mm) |
0.11" (2.80mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1991 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1917, 1960, 1974, 1981 | ||||||
|
Sep 1970–Mar 1971 7-Month |
6.05" (153.67mm) | 5.52" (140.21mm) |
0.53" (13.46mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1961 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2009 | ||||
|
Aug 1970–Mar 1971 8-Month |
6.83" (173.48mm) | 7.65" (194.31mm) |
-0.82" (-20.83mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1898 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2009, 2020 | ||||
|
Jul 1970–Mar 1971 9-Month |
9.90" (251.46mm) | 10.23" (259.84mm) |
-0.33" (-8.38mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1977 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1970–Mar 1971 10-Month |
12.78" (324.61mm) | 13.64" (346.46mm) |
-0.86" (-21.85mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1937 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2009 | ||||
|
May 1970–Mar 1971 11-Month |
16.15" (410.21mm) | 15.94" (404.88mm) |
0.21" (5.33mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1937 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1994 | ||||
|
Apr 1970–Mar 1971 12-Month |
19.35" (491.49mm) | 17.31" (439.67mm) |
2.04" (51.82mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1937 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1942 | ||||
| Ties: 1979 | ||||||
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Oct 1969–Mar 1971 18-Month |
22.66" (575.56mm) | 21.18" (537.97mm) |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1937 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 1969–Mar 1971 24-Month |
35.14" (892.56mm) | 34.59" (878.59mm) |
0.55" (13.97mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1935 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1995 | ||||
|
Apr 1968–Mar 1971 36-Month |
55.42" (1,407.67mm) | 51.82" (1,316.23mm) |
3.60" (91.44mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1937 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 1996 | ||||
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Apr 1967–Mar 1971 48-Month |
69.23" (1,758.44mm) | 69.02" (1,753.11mm) |
0.21" (5.33mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1937 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2012 | ||||
|
Apr 1966–Mar 1971 60-Month |
85.94" (2,182.88mm) | 86.27" (2,191.26mm) |
-0.33" (-8.38mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1938 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 28, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/