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 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
South Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, January 2019
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2019 1-Month |
0.49" (12.45mm) | 0.47" (11.94mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1942 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1897 | ||||
| Ties: 1930, 1945 | ||||||
|
Dec 2018–Jan 2019 2-Month |
1.46" (37.08mm) | 0.95" (24.13mm) |
0.51" (12.95mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1987 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1910 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Jan 2019 3-Month |
2.19" (55.63mm) | 1.60" (40.64mm) |
0.59" (14.99mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1913 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1923 | ||||
|
Oct 2018–Jan 2019 4-Month |
3.89" (98.81mm) | 2.88" (73.15mm) |
1.01" (25.66mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1913 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Jan 2019 5-Month |
6.44" (163.58mm) | 4.51" (114.55mm) |
1.93" (49.03mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1953 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1997 | ||||
|
Aug 2018–Jan 2019 6-Month |
8.38" (212.85mm) | 6.67" (169.42mm) |
1.71" (43.43mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1959 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1997, 2020 | ||||
|
Jul 2018–Jan 2019 7-Month |
11.78" (299.21mm) | 9.22" (234.19mm) |
2.56" (65.02mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2018–Jan 2019 8-Month |
16.56" (420.62mm) | 12.65" (321.31mm) |
3.91" (99.31mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1937 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 2018–Jan 2019 9-Month |
19.27" (489.46mm) | 15.55" (394.97mm) |
3.72" (94.49mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1937 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2018–Jan 2019 10-Month |
20.97" (532.64mm) | 17.49" (444.25mm) |
3.48" (88.39mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1937 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2018–Jan 2019 11-Month |
22.50" (571.50mm) | 18.54" (470.92mm) |
3.96" (100.58mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1937 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2019 12-Month |
23.44" (595.38mm) | 19.08" (484.63mm) |
4.36" (110.75mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1937 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2017–Jan 2019 18-Month |
31.29" (794.77mm) | 25.74" (653.80mm) |
5.55" (140.97mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1937 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2019 24-Month |
40.69" (1,033.53mm) | 38.13" (968.50mm) |
2.56" (65.03mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1935 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2019 36-Month |
61.78" (1,569.21mm) | 57.09" (1,450.09mm) |
4.69" (119.12mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1937 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2019 48-Month |
84.56" (2,147.82mm) | 76.02" (1,930.91mm) |
8.54" (216.91mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1937 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 2014–Jan 2019 60-Month |
104.78" (2,661.41mm) | 94.93" (2,411.22mm) |
9.85" (250.19mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1938 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 3, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/