Climate at a Glance
Regional 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 July 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Upper Midwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, January 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2016 1-Month |
0.89" (22.61mm) | 1.14" (28.96mm) |
-0.25" (-6.35mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1981 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1969 | ||||
| Ties: 1968, 2021 | ||||||
|
Dec 2015–Jan 2016 2-Month |
4.36" (110.74mm) | 2.39" (60.71mm) |
1.97" (50.03mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1961 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1969 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Jan 2016 3-Month |
7.60" (193.04mm) | 4.22" (107.19mm) |
3.38" (85.85mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2003 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–Jan 2016 4-Month |
9.85" (250.19mm) | 6.52" (165.61mm) |
3.33" (84.58mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Jan 2016 5-Month |
13.30" (337.82mm) | 9.90" (251.46mm) |
3.40" (86.36mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2015–Jan 2016 6-Month |
17.39" (441.71mm) | 13.46" (341.88mm) |
3.93" (99.83mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jul 2015–Jan 2016 7-Month |
21.27" (540.26mm) | 17.05" (433.07mm) |
4.22" (107.19mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–Jan 2016 8-Month |
25.85" (656.59mm) | 21.07" (535.18mm) |
4.78" (121.41mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
May 2015–Jan 2016 9-Month |
30.69" (779.53mm) | 24.46" (621.28mm) |
6.23" (158.25mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2015–Jan 2016 10-Month |
33.10" (840.74mm) | 26.96" (684.78mm) |
6.14" (155.96mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2015–Jan 2016 11-Month |
33.78" (858.01mm) | 28.68" (728.47mm) |
5.10" (129.54mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1911 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2016 12-Month |
34.49" (876.05mm) | 29.70" (754.38mm) |
4.79" (121.67mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1911 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2014–Jan 2016 18-Month |
48.75" (1,238.25mm) | 43.18" (1,096.77mm) |
5.57" (141.48mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1911 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2014–Jan 2016 24-Month |
68.80" (1,747.52mm) | 59.40" (1,508.76mm) |
9.40" (238.76mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2013–Jan 2016 36-Month |
102.22" (2,596.39mm) | 89.04" (2,261.62mm) |
13.18" (334.77mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1935 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2012–Jan 2016 48-Month |
130.57" (3,316.48mm) | 118.69" (3,014.73mm) |
11.88" (301.75mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1937 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2011–Jan 2016 60-Month |
160.85" (4,085.59mm) | 148.35" (3,768.09mm) |
12.50" (317.50mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 10, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/