Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, January 1918
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1918 1-Month |
0.76" (19.30mm) | 0.47" (11.94mm) |
0.29" (7.36mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1942 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 1897 | ||||
|
Dec 1917–Jan 1918 2-Month |
1.34" (34.04mm) | 0.95" (24.13mm) |
0.39" (9.91mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1987 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 1910 | ||||
|
Nov 1917–Jan 1918 3-Month |
1.57" (39.88mm) | 1.60" (40.64mm) |
-0.03" (-0.76mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1913 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 1923 | ||||
| Ties: 1961 | ||||||
|
Oct 1917–Jan 1918 4-Month |
1.78" (45.21mm) | 2.88" (73.15mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1913 | 1913 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 1917–Jan 1918 5-Month |
3.46" (87.88mm) | 4.51" (114.55mm) |
-1.05" (-26.67mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1913 | 1953 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 1997 | ||||
| Ties: 1981 | ||||||
|
Aug 1917–Jan 1918 6-Month |
4.97" (126.24mm) | 6.67" (169.42mm) |
-1.70" (-43.18mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1908 | 1959 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 1997, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 2012 | ||||||
|
Jul 1917–Jan 1918 7-Month |
6.54" (166.12mm) | 9.22" (234.19mm) |
-2.68" (-68.07mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1977 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1934 | ||||||
|
Jun 1917–Jan 1918 8-Month |
8.44" (214.38mm) | 12.65" (321.31mm) |
-4.21" (-106.93mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1899 | 1937 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1917–Jan 1918 9-Month |
11.55" (293.37mm) | 15.55" (394.97mm) |
-4.00" (-101.60mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1911 | 1937 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1917–Jan 1918 10-Month |
14.17" (359.92mm) | 17.49" (444.25mm) |
-3.32" (-84.33mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1911 | 1937 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 1917–Jan 1918 11-Month |
15.50" (393.70mm) | 18.54" (470.92mm) |
-3.04" (-77.22mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1911 | 1937 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1917–Jan 1918 12-Month |
15.99" (406.15mm) | 19.08" (484.63mm) |
-3.09" (-78.48mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1911 | 1937 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 1916–Jan 1918 18-Month |
23.15" (588.01mm) | 25.74" (653.80mm) |
-2.59" (-65.79mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1937 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1916–Jan 1918 24-Month |
36.54" (928.12mm) | 38.13" (968.50mm) |
-1.59" (-40.38mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1935 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1915–Jan 1918 36-Month |
64.91" (1,648.71mm) | 57.09" (1,450.09mm) |
7.82" (198.62mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1937 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1914–Jan 1918 48-Month |
86.34" (2,193.04mm) | 76.02" (1,930.91mm) |
10.32" (262.13mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 1937 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1913–Jan 1918 60-Month |
103.36" (2,625.34mm) | 94.93" (2,411.22mm) |
8.43" (214.12mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1916 | 1938 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1917 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published March 2020, retrieved on March 30, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/