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 March 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
South Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, November 1940
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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November 1940 1-Month |
0.69" (17.53mm) | 0.66" (16.76mm) |
0.03" (0.77mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1939 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 1922 | ||||
|
Oct–Nov 1940 2-Month |
1.72" (43.69mm) | 1.94" (49.28mm) |
-0.22" (-5.59mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1933 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1931 | 1998 | ||||
|
Sep–Nov 1940 3-Month |
2.41" (61.21mm) | 3.55" (90.17mm) |
-1.14" (-28.96mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1952 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1996 | ||||
|
Aug–Nov 1940 4-Month |
4.65" (118.11mm) | 5.69" (144.53mm) |
-1.04" (-26.42mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1958, 2012 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1934 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2001 | ||||||
|
Jul–Nov 1940 5-Month |
6.59" (167.39mm) | 8.22" (208.79mm) |
-1.63" (-41.40mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 2012 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1934 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun–Nov 1940 6-Month |
9.46" (240.28mm) | 11.66" (296.16mm) |
-2.20" (-55.88mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1936 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
May–Nov 1940 7-Month |
10.04" (255.02mm) | 14.58" (370.33mm) |
-4.54" (-115.31mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1936 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–Nov 1940 8-Month |
12.63" (320.80mm) | 16.53" (419.86mm) |
-3.90" (-99.06mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1936 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Nov 1940 9-Month |
14.41" (366.01mm) | 17.58" (446.53mm) |
-3.17" (-80.52mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1936 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Nov 1940 10-Month |
15.01" (381.25mm) | 18.12" (460.25mm) |
-3.11" (-79.00mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1936 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Nov 1940 11-Month |
15.21" (386.33mm) | 18.59" (472.19mm) |
-3.38" (-85.86mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1936 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1939–Nov 1940 12-Month |
15.53" (394.46mm) | 19.07" (484.38mm) |
-3.54" (-89.92mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1936 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1939–Nov 1940 18-Month |
25.55" (648.97mm) | 30.77" (781.56mm) |
-5.22" (-132.59mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1936 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1938–Nov 1940 24-Month |
31.03" (788.16mm) | 38.15" (969.01mm) |
-7.12" (-180.85mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1934 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1937–Nov 1940 36-Month |
48.60" (1,234.44mm) | 57.20" (1,452.88mm) |
-8.60" (-218.44mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1936 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1936–Nov 1940 48-Month |
65.21" (1,656.33mm) | 76.16" (1,934.46mm) |
-10.95" (-278.13mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1936 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1935–Nov 1940 60-Month |
76.30" (1,938.02mm) | 95.08" (2,415.03mm) |
-18.78" (-477.01mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1937 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 21, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/