Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Minnesota
Precipitation Rankings, December 1970
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1970 1-Month |
0.94" (23.88mm) | 0.81" (20.57mm) |
0.13" (3.31mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1963 | 1913 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1968 | ||||
| Ties: 1934 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1970 2-Month |
3.35" (85.09mm) | 2.12" (53.85mm) |
1.23" (31.24mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1939 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1931 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1970 3-Month |
7.97" (202.44mm) | 4.04" (102.62mm) |
3.93" (99.82mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1971 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1970 4-Month |
10.93" (277.62mm) | 6.91" (175.51mm) |
4.02" (102.11mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1970 5-Month |
12.49" (317.25mm) | 10.35" (262.89mm) |
2.14" (54.36mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1970 6-Month |
15.47" (392.94mm) | 13.95" (354.33mm) |
1.52" (38.61mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1970 7-Month |
18.90" (480.06mm) | 18.06" (458.72mm) |
0.84" (21.34mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2010 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1970 8-Month |
22.47" (570.74mm) | 21.19" (538.23mm) |
1.28" (32.51mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2010 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1970 9-Month |
25.36" (644.14mm) | 23.24" (590.30mm) |
2.12" (53.84mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1970 10-Month |
26.64" (676.66mm) | 24.50" (622.30mm) |
2.14" (54.36mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1910 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1970 11-Month |
26.92" (683.77mm) | 25.19" (639.83mm) |
1.73" (43.94mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1910 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1970 12-Month |
27.43" (696.72mm) | 25.98" (659.89mm) |
1.45" (36.83mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1910 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1969–Dec 1970 18-Month |
41.09" (1,043.69mm) | 40.00" (1,016.00mm) |
1.09" (27.69mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1976 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1945 | ||||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1970 24-Month |
53.12" (1,349.25mm) | 51.96" (1,319.78mm) |
1.16" (29.47mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1934 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1968–Dec 1970 36-Month |
86.57" (2,198.88mm) | 77.94" (1,979.68mm) |
8.63" (219.20mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1934 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1906 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1967–Dec 1970 48-Month |
108.05" (2,744.47mm) | 103.87" (2,638.30mm) |
4.18" (106.17mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1936 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2003 | ||||||
|
Jan 1966–Dec 1970 60-Month |
132.72" (3,371.09mm) | 129.82" (3,297.43mm) |
2.90" (73.66mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1936 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 7, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/