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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
North Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, October 2003
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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October 2003 1-Month |
0.63" (16.00mm) | 1.08" (27.43mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1999 | 1952 |
88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 1982 | ||||
Ties: 1897 | ||||||
Sep–Oct 2003 2-Month |
2.44" (61.98mm) | 2.71" (68.83mm) |
-0.27" (-6.85mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1935 |
73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2000 | 2019 | ||||
Aug–Oct 2003 3-Month |
3.61" (91.69mm) | 4.82" (122.43mm) |
-1.21" (-30.74mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1976 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2019 | ||||
Jul–Oct 2003 4-Month |
5.42" (137.67mm) | 7.41" (188.21mm) |
-1.99" (-50.54mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1988 | 1976 |
115th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1906, 1939 | ||||||
Jun–Oct 2003 5-Month |
8.65" (219.71mm) | 10.84" (275.34mm) |
-2.19" (-55.63mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1989 | 1936 |
109th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2019 | ||||
May–Oct 2003 6-Month |
12.70" (322.58mm) | 13.17" (334.52mm) |
-0.47" (-11.94mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1936 |
88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2019 | ||||
Apr–Oct 2003 7-Month |
13.79" (350.27mm) | 14.54" (369.32mm) |
-0.75" (-19.05mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1936 |
83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 1941 | ||||
Mar–Oct 2003 8-Month |
14.62" (371.35mm) | 15.28" (388.11mm) |
-0.66" (-16.76mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1936 |
82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1941 | ||||
Feb–Oct 2003 9-Month |
14.83" (376.68mm) | 15.74" (399.80mm) |
-0.91" (-23.12mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1936 |
86th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
Jan–Oct 2003 10-Month |
15.15" (384.81mm) | 16.23" (412.24mm) |
-1.08" (-27.43mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1936 |
87th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 2002–Oct 2003 11-Month |
15.78" (400.81mm) | 16.72" (424.69mm) |
-0.94" (-23.88mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1936 |
86th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
Nov 2002–Oct 2003 12-Month |
15.91" (404.11mm) | 17.32" (439.93mm) |
-1.41" (-35.82mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 2002 | 1936 |
93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 2019 | ||||
May 2002–Oct 2003 18-Month |
28.66" (727.96mm) | 30.48" (774.19mm) |
-1.82" (-46.23mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1934 |
90th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2011 | ||||
Nov 2001–Oct 2003 24-Month |
31.56" (801.62mm) | 34.64" (879.86mm) |
-3.08" (-78.24mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1934 |
103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2011 | ||||
Ties: 2018 | ||||||
Nov 2000–Oct 2003 36-Month |
50.58" (1,284.73mm) | 51.90" (1,318.26mm) |
-1.32" (-33.53mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1936 |
87th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2011 | ||||
Nov 1999–Oct 2003 48-Month |
69.40" (1,762.76mm) | 69.12" (1,755.65mm) |
0.28" (7.11mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1936 |
80th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2011 | ||||
Nov 1998–Oct 2003 60-Month |
91.07" (2,313.18mm) | 86.34" (2,193.04mm) |
4.73" (120.14mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1937 |
36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 2013 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 16, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/