Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, January 1938
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1938 1-Month |
0.45" (11.43mm) | 0.47" (11.94mm) |
-0.02" (-0.51mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 1942 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1897 | ||||
| Ties: 2003, 2013 | ||||||
|
Dec 1937–Jan 1938 2-Month |
0.99" (25.15mm) | 0.95" (24.13mm) |
0.04" (1.02mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 1987 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1910 | ||||
| Ties: 2014 | ||||||
|
Nov 1937–Jan 1938 3-Month |
1.27" (32.26mm) | 1.60" (40.64mm) |
-0.33" (-8.38mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 1913 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1923 | ||||
| Ties: 1898, 2007 | ||||||
|
Oct 1937–Jan 1938 4-Month |
1.76" (44.70mm) | 2.88" (73.15mm) |
-1.12" (-28.45mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1913 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 1937–Jan 1938 5-Month |
2.66" (67.56mm) | 4.51" (114.55mm) |
-1.85" (-46.99mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1953 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1997 | ||||
|
Aug 1937–Jan 1938 6-Month |
4.30" (109.22mm) | 6.67" (169.42mm) |
-2.37" (-60.20mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1959 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1997, 2020 | ||||
|
Jul 1937–Jan 1938 7-Month |
7.03" (178.56mm) | 9.22" (234.19mm) |
-2.19" (-55.63mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1977 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1937–Jan 1938 8-Month |
10.56" (268.22mm) | 12.65" (321.31mm) |
-2.09" (-53.09mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1937 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1937–Jan 1938 9-Month |
12.79" (324.87mm) | 15.55" (394.97mm) |
-2.76" (-70.10mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1937 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1937–Jan 1938 10-Month |
14.53" (369.06mm) | 17.49" (444.25mm) |
-2.96" (-75.19mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1937 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 1937–Jan 1938 11-Month |
16.02" (406.91mm) | 18.54" (470.92mm) |
-2.52" (-64.01mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1937 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1937–Jan 1938 12-Month |
16.38" (416.05mm) | 19.08" (484.63mm) |
-2.70" (-68.58mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1937 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 1936–Jan 1938 18-Month |
21.29" (540.77mm) | 25.74" (653.80mm) |
-4.45" (-113.03mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1937 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1936–Jan 1938 24-Month |
27.44" (696.98mm) | 38.13" (968.50mm) |
-10.69" (-271.52mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1935 | 1935 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1935–Jan 1938 36-Month |
44.68" (1,134.87mm) | 57.09" (1,450.09mm) |
-12.41" (-315.22mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1937 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1935 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1934–Jan 1938 48-Month |
57.13" (1,451.10mm) | 76.02" (1,930.91mm) |
-18.89" (-479.81mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1937 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1933–Jan 1938 60-Month |
71.64" (1,819.66mm) | 94.93" (2,411.22mm) |
-23.29" (-591.56mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1938 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2020, retrieved on February 20, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/