Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, January 1897
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1897 1-Month |
1.50" (38.10mm) | 0.47" (11.94mm) |
1.03" (26.16mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1942 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1897 | ||||
|
Dec 1896–Jan 1897 2-Month |
1.68" (42.67mm) | 0.95" (24.13mm) |
0.73" (18.54mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1987 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1910 | ||||
|
Nov 1896–Jan 1897 3-Month |
3.26" (82.80mm) | 1.60" (40.64mm) |
1.66" (42.16mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1913 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1923 | ||||
|
Oct 1896–Jan 1897 4-Month |
4.57" (116.08mm) | 2.88" (73.15mm) |
1.69" (42.93mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1913 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 1896–Jan 1897 5-Month |
6.42" (163.07mm) | 4.51" (114.55mm) |
1.91" (48.52mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1953 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1997 | ||||
|
Aug 1896–Jan 1897 6-Month |
7.40" (187.96mm) | 6.67" (169.42mm) |
0.73" (18.54mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1959 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1997, 2020 | ||||
|
Jul 1896–Jan 1897 7-Month |
9.83" (249.68mm) | 9.22" (234.19mm) |
0.61" (15.49mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1977 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1896–Jan 1897 8-Month |
13.73" (348.74mm) | 12.65" (321.31mm) |
1.08" (27.43mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1937 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1896–Jan 1897 9-Month |
16.06" (407.92mm) | 15.55" (394.97mm) |
0.51" (12.95mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1937 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1896–Jan 1897 10-Month |
20.08" (510.03mm) | 17.49" (444.25mm) |
2.59" (65.78mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1937 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 1896–Jan 1897 11-Month |
21.71" (551.43mm) | 18.54" (470.92mm) |
3.17" (80.51mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1937 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1896–Jan 1897 12-Month |
22.34" (567.44mm) | 19.08" (484.63mm) |
3.26" (82.81mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1937 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 1895–Jan 1897 18-Month |
26.76" (679.70mm) | 25.74" (653.80mm) |
1.02" (25.90mm) | 74th Driest | Driest to Date | 1937 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
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Feb 1895–Jan 1897 24-Month |
38.62" (980.95mm) | 38.13" (968.50mm) |
0.49" (12.45mm) | 58th Driest | Driest to Date | 1935 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published March 2021, retrieved on March 8, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/