Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, January 1997
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1997 1-Month |
0.91" (23.11mm) | 0.49" (12.45mm) |
0.42" (10.66mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1942, 1973 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1989 | 1916 | ||||
|
Dec 1996–Jan 1997 2-Month |
1.78" (45.21mm) | 0.98" (24.89mm) |
0.80" (20.32mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1942 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1907 | ||||
| Ties: 2017 | ||||||
|
Nov 1996–Jan 1997 3-Month |
3.21" (81.53mm) | 1.59" (40.39mm) |
1.62" (41.14mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1940 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 1923 | ||||
|
Oct 1996–Jan 1997 4-Month |
4.40" (111.76mm) | 2.66" (67.56mm) |
1.74" (44.20mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2000 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 1996–Jan 1997 5-Month |
6.99" (177.55mm) | 4.32" (109.73mm) |
2.67" (67.82mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1953 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2009 | ||||
|
Aug 1996–Jan 1997 6-Month |
8.16" (207.26mm) | 6.45" (163.83mm) |
1.71" (43.43mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1898 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jul 1996–Jan 1997 7-Month |
11.32" (287.53mm) | 9.03" (229.36mm) |
2.29" (58.17mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1977 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun 1996–Jan 1997 8-Month |
14.12" (358.65mm) | 12.44" (315.98mm) |
1.68" (42.67mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1937 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1994 | ||||
|
May 1996–Jan 1997 9-Month |
16.59" (421.39mm) | 14.74" (374.40mm) |
1.85" (46.99mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1937 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1994 | ||||
|
Apr 1996–Jan 1997 10-Month |
17.17" (436.12mm) | 16.11" (409.19mm) |
1.06" (26.93mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1937 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1994 | ||||
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Mar 1996–Jan 1997 11-Month |
18.13" (460.50mm) | 16.85" (427.99mm) |
1.28" (32.51mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1937 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1996–Jan 1997 12-Month |
18.59" (472.19mm) | 17.31" (439.67mm) |
1.28" (32.52mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1937 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2011 | ||||
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Aug 1995–Jan 1997 18-Month |
25.85" (656.59mm) | 23.75" (603.25mm) |
2.10" (53.34mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1937 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1995–Jan 1997 24-Month |
38.53" (978.66mm) | 34.59" (878.59mm) |
3.94" (100.07mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1935 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 1994–Jan 1997 36-Month |
58.68" (1,490.47mm) | 51.81" (1,315.97mm) |
6.87" (174.50mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1937 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 1993–Jan 1997 48-Month |
81.91" (2,080.51mm) | 69.02" (1,753.11mm) |
12.89" (327.40mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1937 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 1992–Jan 1997 60-Month |
96.71" (2,456.43mm) | 86.28" (2,191.51mm) |
10.43" (264.92mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1938 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2020, retrieved on January 26, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/