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 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2020 1-Month |
0.41" (10.41mm) | 0.47" (11.94mm) |
-0.06" (-1.53mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1942 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1897 | ||||
| Ties: 1973, 2012 | ||||||
|
Dec 2019–Jan 2020 2-Month |
1.38" (35.05mm) | 0.95" (24.13mm) |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1987 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1910 | ||||
| Ties: 1956 | ||||||
|
Nov 2019–Jan 2020 3-Month |
2.32" (58.93mm) | 1.60" (40.64mm) |
0.72" (18.29mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1913 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1923 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Jan 2020 4-Month |
4.45" (113.03mm) | 2.88" (73.15mm) |
1.57" (39.88mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1913 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Jan 2020 5-Month |
8.35" (212.09mm) | 4.51" (114.55mm) |
3.84" (97.54mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1953 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1997 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Jan 2020 6-Month |
12.00" (304.80mm) | 6.67" (169.42mm) |
5.33" (135.38mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1959 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1997, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1997 | ||||||
|
Jul 2019–Jan 2020 7-Month |
17.45" (443.23mm) | 9.22" (234.19mm) |
8.23" (209.04mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Jan 2020 8-Month |
20.08" (510.03mm) | 12.65" (321.31mm) |
7.43" (188.72mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
May 2019–Jan 2020 9-Month |
25.98" (659.89mm) | 15.55" (394.97mm) |
10.43" (264.92mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Jan 2020 10-Month |
28.62" (726.95mm) | 17.49" (444.25mm) |
11.13" (282.70mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Jan 2020 11-Month |
30.31" (769.87mm) | 18.54" (470.92mm) |
11.77" (298.95mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2020 12-Month |
31.32" (795.53mm) | 19.08" (484.63mm) |
12.24" (310.90mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2018–Jan 2020 18-Month |
39.70" (1,008.38mm) | 25.74" (653.80mm) |
13.96" (354.58mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2020 24-Month |
54.76" (1,390.90mm) | 38.13" (968.50mm) |
16.63" (422.40mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1935 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2020 36-Month |
72.01" (1,829.05mm) | 57.09" (1,450.09mm) |
14.92" (378.96mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2020 48-Month |
93.10" (2,364.74mm) | 76.02" (1,930.91mm) |
17.08" (433.83mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2020 60-Month |
115.88" (2,943.35mm) | 94.93" (2,411.22mm) |
20.95" (532.13mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1938 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 5, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/