Climate at a Glance
Statewide 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.
Minnesota
Precipitation Rankings, January 1940
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1940 1-Month |
0.29" (7.37mm) | 0.79" (20.07mm) |
-0.50" (-12.70mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1981 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1969 | ||||
|
Dec 1939–Jan 1940 2-Month |
0.70" (17.78mm) | 1.60" (40.64mm) |
-0.90" (-22.86mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1931 | 1931 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1969 | ||||
| Ties: 1990 | ||||||
|
Nov 1939–Jan 1940 3-Month |
0.78" (19.81mm) | 2.88" (73.15mm) |
-2.10" (-53.34mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1940 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1997 | ||||
|
Oct 1939–Jan 1940 4-Month |
2.50" (63.50mm) | 4.81" (122.17mm) |
-2.31" (-58.67mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1924 | 1977 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1972 | ||||
|
Sep 1939–Jan 1940 5-Month |
4.05" (102.87mm) | 7.73" (196.34mm) |
-3.68" (-93.47mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1977 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 1939–Jan 1940 6-Month |
8.05" (204.47mm) | 11.20" (284.48mm) |
-3.15" (-80.01mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1924 | 1977 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jul 1939–Jan 1940 7-Month |
10.28" (261.11mm) | 14.80" (375.92mm) |
-4.52" (-114.81mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1924 | 1977 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun 1939–Jan 1940 8-Month |
15.27" (387.86mm) | 18.88" (479.55mm) |
-3.61" (-91.69mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1977 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1990 | ||||||
|
May 1939–Jan 1940 9-Month |
17.51" (444.75mm) | 21.98" (558.29mm) |
-4.47" (-113.54mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1977 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 1939–Jan 1940 10-Month |
18.85" (478.79mm) | 24.03" (610.36mm) |
-5.18" (-131.57mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1977 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1969 | ||||
|
Mar 1939–Jan 1940 11-Month |
19.49" (495.05mm) | 25.29" (642.37mm) |
-5.80" (-147.32mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1911 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1969 | ||||
|
Feb 1939–Jan 1940 12-Month |
20.93" (531.62mm) | 25.98" (659.89mm) |
-5.05" (-128.27mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1911 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 1938–Jan 1940 18-Month |
30.86" (783.84mm) | 37.20" (944.88mm) |
-6.34" (-161.04mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1977 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1938–Jan 1940 24-Month |
48.67" (1,236.22mm) | 51.96" (1,319.78mm) |
-3.29" (-83.56mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1931 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1937–Jan 1940 36-Month |
74.06" (1,881.12mm) | 77.90" (1,978.66mm) |
-3.84" (-97.54mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1935 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1929 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1936–Jan 1940 48-Month |
93.25" (2,368.55mm) | 103.84" (2,637.54mm) |
-10.59" (-268.99mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1937 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1935–Jan 1940 60-Month |
118.72" (3,015.49mm) | 129.83" (3,297.68mm) |
-11.11" (-282.19mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1934 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/