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 November 2019. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
South Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, December 1960
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2018) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1960 1-Month |
0.75" (19.05mm) | 0.48" (12.19mm) |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1986 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1909 | ||||
| Ties: 2013 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1960 2-Month |
1.45" (36.83mm) | 1.14" (28.96mm) |
0.31" (7.87mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1912 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 1922 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1960 3-Month |
1.81" (45.97mm) | 2.42" (61.47mm) |
-0.61" (-15.50mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1912 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1998 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1960 4-Month |
3.12" (79.25mm) | 4.03" (102.36mm) |
-0.91" (-23.11mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1952 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1996 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1960 5-Month |
6.70" (170.18mm) | 6.17" (156.72mm) |
0.53" (13.46mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1958 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1996 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1960 6-Month |
7.82" (198.63mm) | 8.70" (220.98mm) |
-0.88" (-22.35mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1976 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1960 7-Month |
11.27" (286.26mm) | 12.14" (308.36mm) |
-0.87" (-22.10mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1936 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1915 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1960 8-Month |
14.35" (364.49mm) | 15.06" (382.52mm) |
-0.71" (-18.03mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1936 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1947 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1960 9-Month |
16.31" (414.27mm) | 17.01" (432.05mm) |
-0.70" (-17.78mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1936 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1915 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1960 10-Month |
17.06" (433.32mm) | 18.06" (458.72mm) |
-1.00" (-25.40mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1936 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1915 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1960 11-Month |
17.68" (449.07mm) | 18.60" (472.44mm) |
-0.92" (-23.37mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1936 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1960 12-Month |
18.19" (462.03mm) | 19.07" (484.38mm) |
-0.88" (-22.35mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1936 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jul 1959–Dec 1960 18-Month |
26.53" (673.86mm) | 27.82" (706.63mm) |
-1.29" (-32.77mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1936 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1959–Dec 1960 24-Month |
34.90" (886.46mm) | 38.15" (969.01mm) |
-3.25" (-82.55mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1934 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jan 1958–Dec 1960 36-Month |
49.78" (1,264.41mm) | 57.20" (1,452.88mm) |
-7.42" (-188.47mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1936 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1957–Dec 1960 48-Month |
72.17" (1,833.12mm) | 76.16" (1,934.46mm) |
-3.99" (-101.34mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1936 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan 1956–Dec 1960 60-Month |
89.15" (2,264.41mm) | 95.09" (2,415.29mm) |
-5.94" (-150.88mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1937 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published December 2019, retrieved on December 12, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/