Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Upper Midwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, January 1979
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 1979 1-Month |
1.59" (40.39mm) | 1.14" (28.96mm) |
0.45" (11.43mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1981 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1969 | ||||
|
Dec 1978–Jan 1979 2-Month |
2.91" (73.91mm) | 2.39" (60.71mm) |
0.52" (13.20mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1961 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1969 | ||||
|
Nov 1978–Jan 1979 3-Month |
4.84" (122.94mm) | 4.22" (107.19mm) |
0.62" (15.75mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 2003 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1952 | ||||||
|
Oct 1978–Jan 1979 4-Month |
6.12" (155.45mm) | 6.52" (165.61mm) |
-0.40" (-10.16mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1978–Jan 1979 5-Month |
10.71" (272.03mm) | 9.90" (251.46mm) |
0.81" (20.57mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 1978–Jan 1979 6-Month |
14.72" (373.89mm) | 13.46" (341.88mm) |
1.26" (32.01mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jul 1978–Jan 1979 7-Month |
19.94" (506.48mm) | 17.05" (433.07mm) |
2.89" (73.41mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 1978–Jan 1979 8-Month |
23.77" (603.76mm) | 21.07" (535.18mm) |
2.70" (68.58mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2011 | ||||
|
May 1978–Jan 1979 9-Month |
27.27" (692.66mm) | 24.46" (621.28mm) |
2.81" (71.38mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1978–Jan 1979 10-Month |
30.33" (770.38mm) | 26.96" (684.78mm) |
3.37" (85.60mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1977 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 1978–Jan 1979 11-Month |
31.02" (787.91mm) | 28.68" (728.47mm) |
2.34" (59.44mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1911 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1978–Jan 1979 12-Month |
31.52" (800.61mm) | 29.70" (754.38mm) |
1.82" (46.23mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1911 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 1977–Jan 1979 18-Month |
49.75" (1,263.65mm) | 43.18" (1,096.77mm) |
6.57" (166.88mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1911 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1977–Jan 1979 24-Month |
66.85" (1,697.99mm) | 59.40" (1,508.76mm) |
7.45" (189.23mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1931 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1976–Jan 1979 36-Month |
87.94" (2,233.68mm) | 89.04" (2,261.62mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1935 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1975–Jan 1979 48-Month |
118.31" (3,005.07mm) | 118.69" (3,014.73mm) |
-0.38" (-9.66mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1978 | 1937 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1915 | ||||||
|
Feb 1974–Jan 1979 60-Month |
147.90" (3,756.66mm) | 148.35" (3,768.09mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1934 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/