Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, January 1999
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1999 1-Month |
0.53" (13.46mm) | 0.47" (11.94mm) |
0.06" (1.52mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1942 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1897 | ||||
| Ties: 1925, 1941 | ||||||
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Dec 1998–Jan 1999 2-Month |
0.70" (17.78mm) | 0.95" (24.13mm) |
-0.25" (-6.35mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1987 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1910 | ||||
|
Nov 1998–Jan 1999 3-Month |
1.96" (49.78mm) | 1.60" (40.64mm) |
0.36" (9.14mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1913 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1923 | ||||
|
Oct 1998–Jan 1999 4-Month |
7.31" (185.67mm) | 2.88" (73.15mm) |
4.43" (112.52mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1913 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 1998–Jan 1999 5-Month |
8.02" (203.71mm) | 4.51" (114.55mm) |
3.51" (89.16mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1953 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1997 | ||||
|
Aug 1998–Jan 1999 6-Month |
10.96" (278.38mm) | 6.67" (169.42mm) |
4.29" (108.96mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1959 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1997, 2020 | ||||
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Jul 1998–Jan 1999 7-Month |
13.76" (349.50mm) | 9.22" (234.19mm) |
4.54" (115.31mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1977 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1998–Jan 1999 8-Month |
18.40" (467.36mm) | 12.65" (321.31mm) |
5.75" (146.05mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1937 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 1998–Jan 1999 9-Month |
20.95" (532.13mm) | 15.55" (394.97mm) |
5.40" (137.16mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1937 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1998–Jan 1999 10-Month |
22.47" (570.74mm) | 17.49" (444.25mm) |
4.98" (126.49mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1937 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 1998–Jan 1999 11-Month |
24.17" (613.92mm) | 18.54" (470.92mm) |
5.63" (143.00mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1937 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1998–Jan 1999 12-Month |
24.94" (633.48mm) | 19.08" (484.63mm) |
5.86" (148.85mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1937 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 1997–Jan 1999 18-Month |
31.13" (790.70mm) | 25.74" (653.80mm) |
5.39" (136.90mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1937 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1997–Jan 1999 24-Month |
45.34" (1,151.64mm) | 38.13" (968.50mm) |
7.21" (183.14mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1935 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1996–Jan 1999 36-Month |
68.56" (1,741.42mm) | 57.09" (1,450.09mm) |
11.47" (291.33mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1937 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2020 | ||||
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Feb 1995–Jan 1999 48-Month |
94.54" (2,401.32mm) | 76.02" (1,930.91mm) |
18.52" (470.41mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1998 | 1937 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2011 | ||||
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Feb 1994–Jan 1999 60-Month |
113.10" (2,872.74mm) | 94.93" (2,411.22mm) |
18.17" (461.52mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1938 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1998 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published March 2020, retrieved on March 29, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/