Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Wisconsin
Precipitation Rankings, March 1981
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 1981 1-Month |
0.70" (17.78mm) | 1.80" (45.72mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1910 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1977 | ||||
|
Feb–Mar 1981 2-Month |
3.15" (80.01mm) | 2.83" (71.88mm) |
0.32" (8.13mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1958 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1986 | ||||||
|
Jan–Mar 1981 3-Month |
3.28" (83.31mm) | 3.98" (101.09mm) |
-0.70" (-17.78mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1958 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1980–Mar 1981 4-Month |
4.25" (107.95mm) | 5.24" (133.10mm) |
-0.99" (-25.15mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1958 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 1980–Mar 1981 5-Month |
5.02" (127.51mm) | 7.23" (183.64mm) |
-2.21" (-56.13mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 2003 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1914 | ||||||
|
Oct 1980–Mar 1981 6-Month |
6.90" (175.26mm) | 9.66" (245.36mm) |
-2.76" (-70.10mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1964 | 1925, 1964 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1980–Mar 1981 7-Month |
13.10" (332.74mm) | 13.43" (341.12mm) |
-0.33" (-8.38mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1957 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1961 | ||||||
|
Aug 1980–Mar 1981 8-Month |
20.91" (531.11mm) | 17.22" (437.39mm) |
3.69" (93.72mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1977 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1980–Mar 1981 9-Month |
24.37" (619.00mm) | 21.05" (534.67mm) |
3.32" (84.33mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1977 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jun 1980–Mar 1981 10-Month |
29.37" (746.00mm) | 25.18" (639.57mm) |
4.19" (106.43mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1977 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1983 | ||||||
|
May 1980–Mar 1981 11-Month |
31.86" (809.24mm) | 28.69" (728.73mm) |
3.17" (80.51mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1977 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1980–Mar 1981 12-Month |
33.86" (860.04mm) | 31.32" (795.53mm) |
2.54" (64.51mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1977 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1974 | ||||||
|
Oct 1979–Mar 1981 18-Month |
43.19" (1,097.03mm) | 41.00" (1,041.40mm) |
2.19" (55.63mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1964 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2017 | ||||
|
Apr 1979–Mar 1981 24-Month |
62.71" (1,592.83mm) | 62.62" (1,590.55mm) |
0.09" (2.28mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1934 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2017 | ||||
|
Apr 1978–Mar 1981 36-Month |
102.76" (2,610.10mm) | 93.89" (2,384.81mm) |
8.87" (225.29mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1911 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1977–Mar 1981 48-Month |
135.06" (3,430.52mm) | 125.13" (3,178.30mm) |
9.93" (252.22mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1934 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
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Apr 1976–Mar 1981 60-Month |
155.16" (3,941.06mm) | 156.39" (3,972.31mm) |
-1.23" (-31.25mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1934 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published March 2020, retrieved on April 8, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/