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, January 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2020 1-Month |
1.55" (39.37mm) | 1.14" (28.96mm) |
0.41" (10.41mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1981 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1969 | ||||
| Ties: 1935 | ||||||
|
Dec 2019–Jan 2020 2-Month |
3.80" (96.52mm) | 2.39" (60.71mm) |
1.41" (35.81mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1961 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1969 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Jan 2020 3-Month |
5.57" (141.48mm) | 4.22" (107.19mm) |
1.35" (34.29mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2003 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1984 | ||||||
|
Oct 2019–Jan 2020 4-Month |
10.36" (263.14mm) | 6.52" (165.61mm) |
3.84" (97.53mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Jan 2020 5-Month |
16.49" (418.85mm) | 9.90" (251.46mm) |
6.59" (167.39mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Jan 2020 6-Month |
19.71" (500.63mm) | 13.46" (341.88mm) |
6.25" (158.75mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Jan 2020 7-Month |
23.84" (605.54mm) | 17.05" (433.07mm) |
6.79" (172.47mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Jan 2020 8-Month |
27.68" (703.07mm) | 21.07" (535.18mm) |
6.61" (167.89mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
May 2019–Jan 2020 9-Month |
33.16" (842.26mm) | 24.46" (621.28mm) |
8.70" (220.98mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Jan 2020 10-Month |
36.38" (924.05mm) | 26.96" (684.78mm) |
9.42" (239.27mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Jan 2020 11-Month |
38.12" (968.25mm) | 28.68" (728.47mm) |
9.44" (239.78mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1911 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2019–Jan 2020 12-Month |
40.56" (1,030.22mm) | 29.70" (754.38mm) |
10.86" (275.84mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1911 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2018–Jan 2020 18-Month |
59.90" (1,521.46mm) | 43.18" (1,096.77mm) |
16.72" (424.69mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1911 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2020 24-Month |
77.75" (1,974.85mm) | 59.40" (1,508.76mm) |
18.35" (466.09mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2020 36-Month |
110.82" (2,814.83mm) | 89.04" (2,261.62mm) |
21.78" (553.21mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1935 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2020 48-Month |
148.07" (3,760.98mm) | 118.69" (3,014.73mm) |
29.38" (746.25mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2020 60-Month |
182.56" (4,637.02mm) | 148.35" (3,768.09mm) |
34.21" (868.93mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/