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 December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
North Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, March 1972
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 1972 1-Month |
0.87" (22.10mm) | 0.74" (18.80mm) |
0.13" (3.30mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1930 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1966 | 1902 | ||||
|
Feb–Mar 1972 2-Month |
1.52" (38.61mm) | 1.20" (30.48mm) |
0.32" (8.13mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 2020 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1966 | 1902 | ||||
| Ties: 2019 | ||||||
|
Jan–Mar 1972 3-Month |
2.09" (53.09mm) | 1.69" (42.93mm) |
0.40" (10.16mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 2001 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1902 | ||||
|
Dec 1971–Mar 1972 4-Month |
2.43" (61.72mm) | 2.18" (55.37mm) |
0.25" (6.35mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1957, 1959 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1923 | ||||||
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Nov 1971–Mar 1972 5-Month |
2.84" (72.14mm) | 2.79" (70.87mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 2008 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1927 | ||||||
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Oct 1971–Mar 1972 6-Month |
6.31" (160.27mm) | 3.86" (98.04mm) |
2.45" (62.23mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1991 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1950 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 1971–Mar 1972 7-Month |
8.93" (226.82mm) | 5.52" (140.21mm) |
3.41" (86.61mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1961 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2009 | ||||
|
Aug 1971–Mar 1972 8-Month |
9.76" (247.90mm) | 7.65" (194.31mm) |
2.11" (53.59mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1898 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2009, 2020 | ||||
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Jul 1971–Mar 1972 9-Month |
11.82" (300.23mm) | 10.23" (259.84mm) |
1.59" (40.39mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1977 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1971–Mar 1972 10-Month |
16.76" (425.70mm) | 13.64" (346.46mm) |
3.12" (79.24mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1937 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2009 | ||||
|
May 1971–Mar 1972 11-Month |
18.49" (469.65mm) | 15.94" (404.88mm) |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1937 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1994 | ||||
|
Apr 1971–Mar 1972 12-Month |
20.13" (511.30mm) | 17.31" (439.67mm) |
2.82" (71.63mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1937 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1942 | ||||
|
Oct 1970–Mar 1972 18-Month |
24.10" (612.14mm) | 21.18" (537.97mm) |
2.92" (74.17mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1937 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1966 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 1970–Mar 1972 24-Month |
39.48" (1,002.79mm) | 34.59" (878.59mm) |
4.89" (124.20mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1935 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1966 | 1995 | ||||
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Apr 1969–Mar 1972 36-Month |
55.27" (1,403.86mm) | 51.82" (1,316.23mm) |
3.45" (87.63mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1937 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1996 | ||||
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Apr 1968–Mar 1972 48-Month |
75.55" (1,918.97mm) | 69.02" (1,753.11mm) |
6.53" (165.86mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1937 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1966 | 2012 | ||||
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Apr 1967–Mar 1972 60-Month |
89.36" (2,269.74mm) | 86.27" (2,191.26mm) |
3.09" (78.48mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1938 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 18, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/