Montana, Climate Division 3. North Central, Precipitation Rankings, January 1934 1901-2000 Inches 1 0.35 0.79 -0.44 17 113 1944 1971 1931 1933 bottom-third 2 2.41 1.56 0.85 113 16 1944 1918 1933 1930 top-third 3 3.12 2.29 0.83 111 18 1944 1907 1933 1930 top-third 4 4.40 3.11 1.29 118 11 1908 1907 1933 1930 top-tenth 1918 5 5.05 4.41 0.64 89 40 1988 1912 1933 1930 top-third 6 8.89 5.76 3.13 122 7 2002 1912 1933 1912 top-tenth 7 9.23 7.34 1.89 108 21 1905 1912 1933 1928 top-third 8 11.90 10.29 1.61 96 33 1905 1912 1932 1933 top-third 1993 9 14.62 12.45 2.17 100 29 1905 1928 1933 1928 top-third 10 16.37 13.56 2.81 106 23 1905 1928 1933 1928 top-third 11 16.74 14.37 2.37 102 27 1905 1928 1932 1933 top-third 12 17.12 14.98 2.14 100 29 1919 1928 1932 1933 top-third 18 23.31 20.76 2.55 102 26 2002 1928 1933 1928 top-third 24 35.03 30.01 5.02 113 15 1920 1917 1933 1929 top-third 36 46.32 45.06 1.26 77 50 1921 1899 1933 1930 normal 1945 48 58.93 60.16 -1.23 53 73 1921 1900 1933 1931 normal 60 73.07 75.31 -2.24 45 80 1922 1900 1933 1932 normal