Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, January 1929
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1929 1-Month |
0.90" (22.86mm) | 0.47" (11.94mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1942 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1926 | 1897 | ||||
|
Dec 1928–Jan 1929 2-Month |
1.05" (26.67mm) | 0.95" (24.13mm) |
0.10" (2.54mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1927 | 1987 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1910 | ||||
| Ties: 1976 | ||||||
|
Nov 1928–Jan 1929 3-Month |
1.95" (49.53mm) | 1.60" (40.64mm) |
0.35" (8.89mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1913 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1926 | 1923 | ||||
|
Oct 1928–Jan 1929 4-Month |
3.39" (86.11mm) | 2.88" (73.15mm) |
0.51" (12.96mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1913 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1925 | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 1928–Jan 1929 5-Month |
4.89" (124.21mm) | 4.51" (114.55mm) |
0.38" (9.66mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1953 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1927 | 1997 | ||||
|
Aug 1928–Jan 1929 6-Month |
7.44" (188.98mm) | 6.67" (169.42mm) |
0.77" (19.56mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1959 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1925 | 1997, 2020 | ||||
|
Jul 1928–Jan 1929 7-Month |
10.55" (267.97mm) | 9.22" (234.19mm) |
1.33" (33.78mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1977 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1928–Jan 1929 8-Month |
14.59" (370.59mm) | 12.65" (321.31mm) |
1.94" (49.28mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1937 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1928–Jan 1929 9-Month |
15.95" (405.13mm) | 15.55" (394.97mm) |
0.40" (10.16mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1927 | 1937 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1928–Jan 1929 10-Month |
16.75" (425.45mm) | 17.49" (444.25mm) |
-0.74" (-18.80mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1927 | 1937 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 1928–Jan 1929 11-Month |
17.48" (443.99mm) | 18.54" (470.92mm) |
-1.06" (-26.93mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1927 | 1937 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1980 | ||||||
|
Feb 1928–Jan 1929 12-Month |
17.89" (454.41mm) | 19.08" (484.63mm) |
-1.19" (-30.22mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1927 | 1937 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 1927–Jan 1929 18-Month |
23.94" (608.08mm) | 25.74" (653.80mm) |
-1.80" (-45.72mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1927 | 1937 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1927–Jan 1929 24-Month |
40.47" (1,027.94mm) | 38.13" (968.50mm) |
2.34" (59.44mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1935 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1926–Jan 1929 36-Month |
56.59" (1,437.39mm) | 57.09" (1,450.09mm) |
-0.50" (-12.70mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1928 | 1937 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1925 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1925–Jan 1929 48-Month |
72.41" (1,839.21mm) | 76.02" (1,930.91mm) |
-3.61" (-91.70mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1927 | 1937 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1924–Jan 1929 60-Month |
90.84" (2,307.34mm) | 94.93" (2,411.22mm) |
-4.09" (-103.88mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1938 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 15, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/