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 October 2019. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
South Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, April 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
April 2016 1-Month |
3.76" (95.50mm) | 1.95" (49.53mm) |
1.81" (45.97mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1926 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1986 | ||||
|
Mar–Apr 2016 2-Month |
4.80" (121.92mm) | 3.00" (76.20mm) |
1.80" (45.72mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1926 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1986 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 2016 3-Month |
5.38" (136.65mm) | 3.54" (89.92mm) |
1.84" (46.73mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1926 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1986 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 2016 4-Month |
5.65" (143.51mm) | 4.01" (101.85mm) |
1.64" (41.66mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2015 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1986 | ||||
|
Dec 2015–Apr 2016 5-Month |
6.77" (171.96mm) | 4.49" (114.05mm) |
2.28" (57.91mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1980 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1986 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Apr 2016 6-Month |
7.79" (197.87mm) | 5.13" (130.30mm) |
2.66" (67.57mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2001 | 1986 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–Apr 2016 7-Month |
9.23" (234.44mm) | 6.41" (162.81mm) |
2.82" (71.63mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1999 | ||||
| Ties: 2019 | ||||||
|
Sep 2015–Apr 2016 8-Month |
10.56" (268.22mm) | 8.05" (204.47mm) |
2.51" (63.75mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1997 | ||||
|
Aug 2015–Apr 2016 9-Month |
13.92" (353.57mm) | 10.20" (259.08mm) |
3.72" (94.49mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1959 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 1986 | ||||
|
Jul 2015–Apr 2016 10-Month |
16.94" (430.28mm) | 12.76" (324.10mm) |
4.18" (106.18mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1926 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 1986 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–Apr 2016 11-Month |
20.99" (533.15mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
4.80" (121.92mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1916 | ||||
|
May 2015–Apr 2016 12-Month |
26.71" (678.43mm) | 19.09" (484.89mm) |
7.62" (193.54mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 2014–Apr 2016 18-Month |
29.72" (754.89mm) | 24.21" (614.93mm) |
5.51" (139.96mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1937 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1916 | ||||
|
May 2014–Apr 2016 24-Month |
45.29" (1,150.37mm) | 38.15" (969.01mm) |
7.14" (181.36mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1937 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 1916 | ||||
|
May 2013–Apr 2016 36-Month |
69.41" (1,763.01mm) | 57.12" (1,450.85mm) |
12.29" (312.16mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1937 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
May 2012–Apr 2016 48-Month |
83.17" (2,112.52mm) | 76.03" (1,931.16mm) |
7.14" (181.36mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1937 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2012 | ||||
|
May 2011–Apr 2016 60-Month |
104.87" (2,663.70mm) | 94.91" (2,410.71mm) |
9.96" (252.99mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1938 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published November 2019, retrieved on December 9, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/