Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, November 1959
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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November 1959 1-Month |
0.84" (21.34mm) | 0.66" (16.76mm) |
0.18" (4.58mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1939 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1922 | ||||
|
Oct–Nov 1959 2-Month |
2.06" (52.32mm) | 1.94" (49.28mm) |
0.12" (3.04mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1933 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1998 | ||||
|
Sep–Nov 1959 3-Month |
4.77" (121.16mm) | 3.55" (90.17mm) |
1.22" (30.99mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1952 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1996 | ||||
|
Aug–Nov 1959 4-Month |
6.27" (159.26mm) | 5.69" (144.53mm) |
0.58" (14.73mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1958, 2012 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul–Nov 1959 5-Month |
7.88" (200.15mm) | 8.22" (208.79mm) |
-0.34" (-8.64mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 2012 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1969, 2014 | ||||||
|
Jun–Nov 1959 6-Month |
10.31" (261.87mm) | 11.66" (296.16mm) |
-1.35" (-34.29mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1936 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
|
May–Nov 1959 7-Month |
14.09" (357.89mm) | 14.58" (370.33mm) |
-0.49" (-12.44mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1936 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–Nov 1959 8-Month |
14.97" (380.24mm) | 16.53" (419.86mm) |
-1.56" (-39.62mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1936 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Nov 1959 9-Month |
15.36" (390.14mm) | 17.58" (446.53mm) |
-2.22" (-56.39mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1936 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Nov 1959 10-Month |
15.98" (405.89mm) | 18.12" (460.25mm) |
-2.14" (-54.36mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1936 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Nov 1959 11-Month |
16.25" (412.75mm) | 18.59" (472.19mm) |
-2.34" (-59.44mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1936 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1958–Nov 1959 12-Month |
16.51" (419.35mm) | 19.07" (484.38mm) |
-2.56" (-65.03mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1936 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1958–Nov 1959 18-Month |
25.41" (645.41mm) | 30.77" (781.56mm) |
-5.36" (-136.15mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1936 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1957–Nov 1959 24-Month |
31.26" (794.00mm) | 38.15" (969.01mm) |
-6.89" (-175.01mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1934 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1956–Nov 1959 36-Month |
53.77" (1,365.76mm) | 57.20" (1,452.88mm) |
-3.43" (-87.12mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1936 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1955–Nov 1959 48-Month |
71.34" (1,812.04mm) | 76.16" (1,934.46mm) |
-4.82" (-122.42mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1936 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1954–Nov 1959 60-Month |
86.47" (2,196.34mm) | 95.08" (2,415.03mm) |
-8.61" (-218.69mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1937 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 8, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/