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 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
North Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, January 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 2020 1-Month |
0.38" (9.65mm) | 0.49" (12.45mm) |
-0.11" (-2.80mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1942, 1973 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1916 | ||||
| Ties: 1912, 1992 | ||||||
|
Dec 2019–Jan 2020 2-Month |
1.14" (28.96mm) | 0.98" (24.89mm) |
0.16" (4.07mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1942 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1907 | ||||
| Ties: 1951, 1971 | ||||||
|
Nov 2019–Jan 2020 3-Month |
1.75" (44.45mm) | 1.59" (40.39mm) |
0.16" (4.06mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1940 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1923 | ||||
| Ties: 1987 | ||||||
|
Oct 2019–Jan 2020 4-Month |
4.16" (105.66mm) | 2.66" (67.56mm) |
1.50" (38.10mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2000 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Jan 2020 5-Month |
10.06" (255.52mm) | 4.32" (109.73mm) |
5.74" (145.79mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2021 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Jan 2020 6-Month |
12.91" (327.91mm) | 6.45" (163.83mm) |
6.46" (164.08mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1898 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Jan 2020 7-Month |
16.31" (414.27mm) | 9.03" (229.36mm) |
7.28" (184.91mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Jan 2020 8-Month |
19.38" (492.25mm) | 12.44" (315.98mm) |
6.94" (176.27mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
May 2019–Jan 2020 9-Month |
21.68" (550.67mm) | 14.74" (374.40mm) |
6.94" (176.27mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Jan 2020 10-Month |
22.83" (579.88mm) | 16.11" (409.19mm) |
6.72" (170.69mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Jan 2020 11-Month |
23.34" (592.84mm) | 16.85" (427.99mm) |
6.49" (164.85mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2020 12-Month |
24.35" (618.49mm) | 17.31" (439.67mm) |
7.04" (178.82mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2018–Jan 2020 18-Month |
30.68" (779.27mm) | 23.75" (603.25mm) |
6.93" (176.02mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2020 24-Month |
42.31" (1,074.67mm) | 34.59" (878.59mm) |
7.72" (196.08mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1935 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2020 36-Month |
55.05" (1,398.27mm) | 51.81" (1,315.97mm) |
3.24" (82.30mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2020 48-Month |
77.16" (1,959.86mm) | 69.02" (1,753.11mm) |
8.14" (206.75mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2020 60-Month |
94.62" (2,403.35mm) | 86.28" (2,191.51mm) |
8.34" (211.84mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1938 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2021, retrieved on May 7, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/