Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, August 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1979 1-Month |
1.47" (37.34mm) | 2.12" (53.85mm) |
-0.65" (-16.51mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1929, 1933 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1979 2-Month |
4.37" (111.00mm) | 4.70" (119.38mm) |
-0.33" (-8.38mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1967 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1979 3-Month |
6.65" (168.91mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
-1.49" (-37.85mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1929 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1979 4-Month |
8.27" (210.06mm) | 10.46" (265.68mm) |
-2.19" (-55.62mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1979 5-Month |
10.28" (261.11mm) | 11.83" (300.48mm) |
-1.55" (-39.37mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1979 6-Month |
11.22" (284.99mm) | 12.57" (319.28mm) |
-1.35" (-34.29mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1979 7-Month |
12.26" (311.40mm) | 13.03" (330.96mm) |
-0.77" (-19.56mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1979 8-Month |
12.60" (320.04mm) | 13.53" (343.66mm) |
-0.93" (-23.62mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 1978–Aug 1979 9-Month |
13.14" (333.76mm) | 14.01" (355.85mm) |
-0.87" (-22.09mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Aug 1979 10-Month |
14.10" (358.14mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
-0.52" (-13.21mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1936 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1993 | ||||
|
Oct 1978–Aug 1979 11-Month |
14.45" (367.03mm) | 15.69" (398.53mm) |
-1.24" (-31.50mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1936 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–Aug 1979 12-Month |
16.76" (425.70mm) | 17.35" (440.69mm) |
-0.59" (-14.99mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1936 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar 1978–Aug 1979 18-Month |
29.90" (759.46mm) | 29.88" (758.95mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1934 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2011 | ||||
|
Sep 1977–Aug 1979 24-Month |
38.32" (973.33mm) | 34.65" (880.11mm) |
3.67" (93.22mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1934 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2011 | ||||
|
Sep 1976–Aug 1979 36-Month |
53.19" (1,351.03mm) | 51.90" (1,318.26mm) |
1.29" (32.77mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1936 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2011 | ||||
|
Sep 1975–Aug 1979 48-Month |
67.95" (1,725.93mm) | 69.10" (1,755.14mm) |
-1.15" (-29.21mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1936 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2012 | ||||
|
Sep 1974–Aug 1979 60-Month |
87.51" (2,222.75mm) | 86.30" (2,192.02mm) |
1.21" (30.73mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1937 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2014 | ||||
| Ties: 1909 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/