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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Upper Midwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, February 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
February 2016 1-Month |
1.05" (26.67mm) | 1.02" (25.91mm) |
0.03" (0.76mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1987 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Feb 2016 2-Month |
1.94" (49.28mm) | 2.17" (55.12mm) |
-0.23" (-5.84mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1987 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1944 | ||||||
|
Dec 2015–Feb 2016 3-Month |
5.41" (137.41mm) | 3.41" (86.61mm) |
2.00" (50.80mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1969 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Feb 2016 4-Month |
8.65" (219.71mm) | 5.24" (133.10mm) |
3.41" (86.61mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2003 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–Feb 2016 5-Month |
10.90" (276.86mm) | 7.54" (191.52mm) |
3.36" (85.34mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Feb 2016 6-Month |
14.35" (364.49mm) | 10.93" (277.62mm) |
3.42" (86.87mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2015–Feb 2016 7-Month |
18.44" (468.38mm) | 14.48" (367.79mm) |
3.96" (100.59mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2015–Feb 2016 8-Month |
22.32" (566.93mm) | 18.07" (458.98mm) |
4.25" (107.95mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–Feb 2016 9-Month |
26.90" (683.26mm) | 22.09" (561.09mm) |
4.81" (122.17mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2015–Feb 2016 10-Month |
31.74" (806.20mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
6.25" (158.75mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2015–Feb 2016 11-Month |
34.15" (867.41mm) | 27.99" (710.95mm) |
6.16" (156.46mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2015–Feb 2016 12-Month |
34.83" (884.68mm) | 29.70" (754.38mm) |
5.13" (130.30mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1911 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2014–Feb 2016 18-Month |
45.30" (1,150.62mm) | 40.64" (1,032.26mm) |
4.66" (118.36mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2014–Feb 2016 24-Month |
68.59" (1,742.19mm) | 59.40" (1,508.76mm) |
9.19" (233.43mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2013–Feb 2016 36-Month |
101.73" (2,583.94mm) | 89.04" (2,261.62mm) |
12.69" (322.32mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1935 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2012–Feb 2016 48-Month |
130.28" (3,309.11mm) | 118.68" (3,014.47mm) |
11.60" (294.64mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2011–Feb 2016 60-Month |
160.77" (4,083.56mm) | 148.35" (3,768.09mm) |
12.42" (315.47mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1934 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 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/