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, August 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 2016 1-Month |
5.31" (134.87mm) | 3.44" (87.38mm) |
1.87" (47.49mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1930 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2016 2-Month |
11.38" (289.05mm) | 7.04" (178.82mm) |
4.34" (110.23mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1930 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2016 3-Month |
15.53" (394.46mm) | 11.15" (283.21mm) |
4.38" (111.25mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1936 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2016 4-Month |
18.06" (458.72mm) | 14.28" (362.71mm) |
3.78" (96.01mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1910 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2002 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2016 5-Month |
20.21" (513.33mm) | 16.32" (414.53mm) |
3.89" (98.80mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1910 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2016 6-Month |
22.17" (563.12mm) | 17.59" (446.79mm) |
4.58" (116.33mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1910 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2016 7-Month |
22.91" (581.91mm) | 18.28" (464.31mm) |
4.63" (117.60mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1910 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2016 8-Month |
23.45" (595.63mm) | 19.07" (484.38mm) |
4.38" (111.25mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1910 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 2015–Aug 2016 9-Month |
25.36" (644.14mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
5.48" (139.19mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1910 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 1953 | ||||||
|
Nov 2015–Aug 2016 10-Month |
28.04" (712.22mm) | 21.16" (537.46mm) |
6.88" (174.76mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1993 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–Aug 2016 11-Month |
30.19" (766.83mm) | 23.09" (586.49mm) |
7.10" (180.34mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1999 | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2016 12-Month |
32.90" (835.66mm) | 26.01" (660.65mm) |
6.89" (175.01mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1936 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar 2015–Aug 2016 18-Month |
51.95" (1,319.53mm) | 43.57" (1,106.68mm) |
8.38" (212.85mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Sep 2014–Aug 2016 24-Month |
58.00" (1,473.20mm) | 52.00" (1,320.80mm) |
6.00" (152.40mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1934 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2013–Aug 2016 36-Month |
89.81" (2,281.17mm) | 77.95" (1,979.93mm) |
11.86" (301.24mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1931 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2012–Aug 2016 48-Month |
115.44" (2,932.18mm) | 103.86" (2,638.04mm) |
11.58" (294.14mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1936 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2011–Aug 2016 60-Month |
140.21" (3,561.33mm) | 129.79" (3,296.67mm) |
10.42" (264.66mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 1934 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/