Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, December 1898
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1898 1-Month |
0.17" (4.32mm) | 0.48" (12.19mm) |
-0.31" (-7.87mm) | 15th Driest | Driest to Date | 1986 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1909 | ||||
| Ties: 1998 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1898 2-Month |
0.46" (11.68mm) | 1.14" (28.96mm) |
-0.68" (-17.28mm) | 11th Driest | Driest to Date | 1912 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1922 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1898 3-Month |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 2.42" (61.47mm) |
-0.94" (-23.88mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest to Date | 1912 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1939, 1955 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1898 4-Month |
2.27" (57.66mm) | 4.03" (102.36mm) |
-1.76" (-44.70mm) | 12th Driest | Driest to Date | 1952 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1996 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1898 5-Month |
3.38" (85.85mm) | 6.17" (156.72mm) |
-2.79" (-70.87mm) | 6th Driest | Driest to Date | 1958 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1898 6-Month |
6.27" (159.26mm) | 8.71" (221.23mm) |
-2.44" (-61.97mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1976 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1898 7-Month |
7.93" (201.42mm) | 12.14" (308.36mm) |
-4.21" (-106.94mm) | 7th Driest | Driest to Date | 1936 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1898 8-Month |
12.24" (310.90mm) | 15.06" (382.52mm) |
-2.82" (-71.62mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1936 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1898 9-Month |
13.62" (345.95mm) | 17.01" (432.05mm) |
-3.39" (-86.10mm) | 16th Driest | Driest to Date | 1936 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1898 10-Month |
14.55" (369.57mm) | 18.06" (458.72mm) |
-3.51" (-89.15mm) | 16th Driest | Driest to Date | 1936 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1898 11-Month |
14.90" (378.46mm) | 18.60" (472.44mm) |
-3.70" (-93.98mm) | 16th Driest | Driest to Date | 1936 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1898 12-Month |
15.10" (383.54mm) | 19.07" (484.38mm) |
-3.97" (-100.84mm) | 13th Driest | Driest to Date | 1936 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1897–Dec 1898 18-Month |
22.90" (581.66mm) | 27.82" (706.63mm) |
-4.92" (-124.97mm) | 14th Driest | Driest to Date | 1936 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1897–Dec 1898 24-Month |
33.93" (861.82mm) | 38.15" (969.01mm) |
-4.22" (-107.19mm) | 25th Driest | Driest to Date | 1934 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1896–Dec 1898 36-Month |
55.27" (1,403.86mm) | 57.20" (1,452.88mm) |
-1.93" (-49.02mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest to Date | 1936 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1895–Dec 1898 48-Month |
71.70" (1,821.18mm) | 76.16" (1,934.46mm) |
-4.46" (-113.28mm) | 29th Driest | Driest to Date | 1936 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 25, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/