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.
South Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, December 1901
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1901 1-Month |
0.70" (17.78mm) | 0.48" (12.19mm) |
0.22" (5.59mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1986 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1909 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1901 2-Month |
0.92" (23.37mm) | 1.14" (28.96mm) |
-0.22" (-5.59mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1912 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1922 | ||||
| Ties: 1925, 1991 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1901 3-Month |
2.70" (68.58mm) | 2.42" (61.47mm) |
0.28" (7.11mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1912 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 1998 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1901 4-Month |
6.12" (155.45mm) | 4.03" (102.36mm) |
2.09" (53.09mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1952 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1996 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1901 5-Month |
8.50" (215.90mm) | 6.17" (156.72mm) |
2.33" (59.18mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1958 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1901 6-Month |
10.49" (266.45mm) | 8.71" (221.23mm) |
1.78" (45.22mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1976 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1900 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1901 7-Month |
16.24" (412.50mm) | 12.14" (308.36mm) |
4.10" (104.14mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1936 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1901 8-Month |
17.73" (450.34mm) | 15.06" (382.52mm) |
2.67" (67.82mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1936 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1965 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1901 9-Month |
19.19" (487.43mm) | 17.01" (432.05mm) |
2.18" (55.38mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1936 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1901 10-Month |
20.12" (511.05mm) | 18.06" (458.72mm) |
2.06" (52.33mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1936 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1901 11-Month |
20.56" (522.22mm) | 18.60" (472.44mm) |
1.96" (49.78mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1936 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1901 12-Month |
20.68" (525.27mm) | 19.07" (484.38mm) |
1.61" (40.89mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1936 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1922, 2016 | ||||||
|
Jul 1900–Dec 1901 18-Month |
32.85" (834.39mm) | 27.82" (706.63mm) |
5.03" (127.76mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1936 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1900–Dec 1901 24-Month |
40.15" (1,019.81mm) | 38.15" (969.01mm) |
2.00" (50.80mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1934 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1899–Dec 1901 36-Month |
59.15" (1,502.41mm) | 57.20" (1,452.88mm) |
1.95" (49.53mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1936 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1898–Dec 1901 48-Month |
74.25" (1,885.95mm) | 76.16" (1,934.46mm) |
-1.91" (-48.51mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1900 | 1936 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1899 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan 1897–Dec 1901 60-Month |
93.08" (2,364.23mm) | 95.09" (2,415.29mm) |
-2.01" (-51.06mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1937 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1900 | 2011 | ||||
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/