Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Minnesota
Precipitation Rankings, March 1971
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 1971 1-Month |
1.00" (25.40mm) | 1.26" (32.00mm) |
-0.26" (-6.60mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1895 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1977 | ||||
| Ties: 1902 | ||||||
|
Feb–Mar 1971 2-Month |
2.50" (63.50mm) | 1.96" (49.78mm) |
0.54" (13.72mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1958 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1966 | 1979 | ||||
|
Jan–Mar 1971 3-Month |
3.37" (85.60mm) | 2.74" (69.60mm) |
0.63" (16.00mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1912 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1897 | ||||
| Ties: 1917, 2012 | ||||||
|
Dec 1970–Mar 1971 4-Month |
4.31" (109.47mm) | 3.55" (90.17mm) |
0.76" (19.30mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1958 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1969 | ||||
|
Nov 1970–Mar 1971 5-Month |
6.72" (170.69mm) | 4.83" (122.68mm) |
1.89" (48.01mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 2003 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1966 | 1897 | ||||
|
Oct 1970–Mar 1971 6-Month |
11.34" (288.04mm) | 6.77" (171.96mm) |
4.57" (116.08mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1963 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1971 | ||||
|
Sep 1970–Mar 1971 7-Month |
14.30" (363.22mm) | 9.68" (245.87mm) |
4.62" (117.35mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1953 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 2019 | ||||||
|
Aug 1970–Mar 1971 8-Month |
15.86" (402.84mm) | 13.16" (334.26mm) |
2.70" (68.58mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1977 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jul 1970–Mar 1971 9-Month |
18.84" (478.54mm) | 16.76" (425.70mm) |
2.08" (52.84mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1968 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jun 1970–Mar 1971 10-Month |
22.27" (565.66mm) | 20.84" (529.34mm) |
1.43" (36.32mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1911 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2011 | ||||
|
May 1970–Mar 1971 11-Month |
25.84" (656.34mm) | 23.94" (608.08mm) |
1.90" (48.26mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1911 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 1970–Mar 1971 12-Month |
28.73" (729.74mm) | 25.98" (659.89mm) |
2.75" (69.85mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1911 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1969 | ||||
|
Oct 1969–Mar 1971 18-Month |
35.81" (909.57mm) | 32.77" (832.36mm) |
3.04" (77.21mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1911 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1969–Mar 1971 24-Month |
52.70" (1,338.58mm) | 51.96" (1,319.78mm) |
0.74" (18.80mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1924 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1968–Mar 1971 36-Month |
87.79" (2,229.87mm) | 77.90" (1,978.66mm) |
9.89" (251.21mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1935 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1906 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1967–Mar 1971 48-Month |
108.13" (2,746.50mm) | 103.83" (2,637.28mm) |
4.30" (109.22mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1937 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2020 | ||||
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Apr 1966–Mar 1971 60-Month |
132.29" (3,360.17mm) | 129.81" (3,297.17mm) |
2.48" (63.00mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1934 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/