Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Minnesota
Precipitation Rankings, December 1971
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1971 1-Month |
0.67" (17.02mm) | 0.81" (20.57mm) |
-0.14" (-3.55mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1962 | 1913 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1968 | ||||
| Ties: 1929, 1940, 1991 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1971 2-Month |
2.67" (67.82mm) | 2.12" (53.85mm) |
0.55" (13.97mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1939 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1971 3-Month |
8.48" (215.39mm) | 4.04" (102.62mm) |
4.44" (112.77mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1976 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1971 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1971 4-Month |
11.49" (291.85mm) | 6.91" (175.51mm) |
4.58" (116.34mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1976 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1971 5-Month |
13.58" (344.93mm) | 10.35" (262.89mm) |
3.23" (82.04mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1976 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1971 6-Month |
16.83" (427.48mm) | 13.95" (354.33mm) |
2.88" (73.15mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1976 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1971 7-Month |
21.70" (551.18mm) | 18.06" (458.72mm) |
3.64" (92.46mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1976 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2010 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1971 8-Month |
24.43" (620.52mm) | 21.19" (538.23mm) |
3.24" (82.29mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1976 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2010 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1971 9-Month |
25.70" (652.78mm) | 23.24" (590.30mm) |
2.46" (62.48mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1976 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1971 10-Month |
26.70" (678.18mm) | 24.50" (622.30mm) |
2.20" (55.88mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1910 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1994 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1971 11-Month |
28.20" (716.28mm) | 25.19" (639.83mm) |
3.01" (76.45mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1910 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1971 12-Month |
29.07" (738.38mm) | 25.98" (659.89mm) |
3.09" (78.49mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1910 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1970–Dec 1971 18-Month |
44.54" (1,131.32mm) | 40.00" (1,016.00mm) |
4.54" (115.32mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1976 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1970–Dec 1971 24-Month |
56.50" (1,435.10mm) | 51.96" (1,319.78mm) |
4.54" (115.32mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1934 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1971 36-Month |
82.19" (2,087.63mm) | 77.94" (1,979.68mm) |
4.25" (107.95mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1934 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1968–Dec 1971 48-Month |
115.64" (2,937.26mm) | 103.87" (2,638.30mm) |
11.77" (298.96mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1936 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1906 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1967–Dec 1971 60-Month |
137.12" (3,482.85mm) | 129.82" (3,297.43mm) |
7.30" (185.42mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1936 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 12, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/