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 January 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
South Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, January 2012
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 2012 1-Month |
0.41" (10.41mm) | 0.47" (11.94mm) |
-0.06" (-1.53mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1942 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1897 | ||||
| Ties: 1973 | ||||||
|
Dec 2011–Jan 2012 2-Month |
0.67" (17.02mm) | 0.95" (24.13mm) |
-0.28" (-7.11mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1987 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1910 | ||||
|
Nov 2011–Jan 2012 3-Month |
0.91" (23.11mm) | 1.60" (40.64mm) |
-0.69" (-17.53mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1913 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1923 | ||||
|
Oct 2011–Jan 2012 4-Month |
2.02" (51.31mm) | 2.88" (73.15mm) |
-0.86" (-21.84mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1913 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1999 | ||||
| Ties: 1956 | ||||||
|
Sep 2011–Jan 2012 5-Month |
2.65" (67.31mm) | 4.51" (114.55mm) |
-1.86" (-47.24mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1953 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1997 | ||||
|
Aug 2011–Jan 2012 6-Month |
4.97" (126.24mm) | 6.67" (169.42mm) |
-1.70" (-43.18mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1991 | 1959 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1997, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1918 | ||||||
|
Jul 2011–Jan 2012 7-Month |
8.12" (206.25mm) | 9.22" (234.19mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 2004 | 1977 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1956 | ||||||
|
Jun 2011–Jan 2012 8-Month |
12.64" (321.06mm) | 12.65" (321.31mm) |
-0.01" (-0.25mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1937 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1966 | ||||||
|
May 2011–Jan 2012 9-Month |
17.14" (435.36mm) | 15.55" (394.97mm) |
1.59" (40.39mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1937 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2011–Jan 2012 10-Month |
19.43" (493.52mm) | 17.49" (444.25mm) |
1.94" (49.27mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1937 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2011–Jan 2012 11-Month |
20.48" (520.19mm) | 18.54" (470.92mm) |
1.94" (49.27mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1937 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2011–Jan 2012 12-Month |
21.61" (548.89mm) | 19.08" (484.63mm) |
2.53" (64.26mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1937 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2010–Jan 2012 18-Month |
30.10" (764.54mm) | 25.74" (653.80mm) |
4.36" (110.74mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1937 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2010–Jan 2012 24-Month |
46.61" (1,183.89mm) | 38.13" (968.50mm) |
8.48" (215.39mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1935 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2009–Jan 2012 36-Month |
69.41" (1,763.01mm) | 57.09" (1,450.09mm) |
12.32" (312.92mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1937 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2008–Jan 2012 48-Month |
93.26" (2,368.80mm) | 76.02" (1,930.91mm) |
17.24" (437.89mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 1937 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 2007–Jan 2012 60-Month |
116.24" (2,952.50mm) | 94.93" (2,411.22mm) |
21.31" (541.28mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1938 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2020, retrieved on February 21, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/