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 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 2016 1-Month |
0.53" (13.46mm) | 0.74" (18.80mm) |
-0.21" (-5.34mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1930 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1902 | ||||
| Ties: 1951 | ||||||
|
Feb–Mar 2016 2-Month |
0.92" (23.37mm) | 1.20" (30.48mm) |
-0.28" (-7.11mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2020 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1902 | ||||
| Ties: 1907 | ||||||
|
Jan–Mar 2016 3-Month |
1.14" (28.96mm) | 1.69" (42.93mm) |
-0.55" (-13.97mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2001 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1902 | ||||
| Ties: 1947 | ||||||
|
Dec 2015–Mar 2016 4-Month |
1.71" (43.43mm) | 2.18" (55.37mm) |
-0.47" (-11.94mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1957, 1959 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1934 | ||||||
|
Nov 2015–Mar 2016 5-Month |
2.20" (55.88mm) | 2.79" (70.87mm) |
-0.59" (-14.99mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2008 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2009 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–Mar 2016 6-Month |
3.52" (89.41mm) | 3.86" (98.04mm) |
-0.34" (-8.63mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1991 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1936, 1994 | ||||||
|
Sep 2015–Mar 2016 7-Month |
5.09" (129.29mm) | 5.52" (140.21mm) |
-0.43" (-10.92mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1961 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1910, 2000 | ||||||
|
Aug 2015–Mar 2016 8-Month |
6.68" (169.67mm) | 7.65" (194.31mm) |
-0.97" (-24.64mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1898 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2009, 2020 | ||||
|
Jul 2015–Mar 2016 9-Month |
9.33" (236.98mm) | 10.23" (259.84mm) |
-0.90" (-22.86mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1977 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–Mar 2016 10-Month |
12.96" (329.18mm) | 13.64" (346.46mm) |
-0.68" (-17.28mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1937 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2009 | ||||
|
May 2015–Mar 2016 11-Month |
16.96" (430.78mm) | 15.94" (404.88mm) |
1.02" (25.90mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1937 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1994 | ||||
|
Apr 2015–Mar 2016 12-Month |
17.55" (445.77mm) | 17.31" (439.67mm) |
0.24" (6.10mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1937 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1942 | ||||
| Ties: 1944, 2008 | ||||||
|
Oct 2014–Mar 2016 18-Month |
20.02" (508.51mm) | 21.18" (537.97mm) |
-1.16" (-29.46mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1937 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 2014–Mar 2016 24-Month |
36.45" (925.83mm) | 34.59" (878.59mm) |
1.86" (47.24mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 2013 | 1935 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1995 | ||||
|
Apr 2013–Mar 2016 36-Month |
58.92" (1,496.57mm) | 51.82" (1,316.23mm) |
7.10" (180.34mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1937 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1996 | ||||
|
Apr 2012–Mar 2016 48-Month |
74.49" (1,892.05mm) | 69.02" (1,753.11mm) |
5.47" (138.94mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 1937 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2012 | ||||
|
Apr 2011–Mar 2016 60-Month |
94.94" (2,411.48mm) | 86.27" (2,191.26mm) |
8.67" (220.22mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 1938 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 23, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/