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 2017
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2017 1-Month |
0.98" (24.89mm) | 0.79" (20.07mm) |
0.19" (4.82mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1981 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1969 | ||||
| Ties: 1953 | ||||||
|
Dec 2016–Jan 2017 2-Month |
2.56" (65.02mm) | 1.60" (40.64mm) |
0.96" (24.38mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1931 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1969 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Jan 2017 3-Month |
4.28" (108.71mm) | 2.88" (73.15mm) |
1.40" (35.56mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1940 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1997 | ||||
|
Oct 2016–Jan 2017 4-Month |
6.45" (163.83mm) | 4.81" (122.17mm) |
1.64" (41.66mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1972 | ||||
| Ties: 2011 | ||||||
|
Sep 2016–Jan 2017 5-Month |
11.07" (281.18mm) | 7.73" (196.34mm) |
3.34" (84.84mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1977 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2016–Jan 2017 6-Month |
16.38" (416.05mm) | 11.20" (284.48mm) |
5.18" (131.57mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1977 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jul 2016–Jan 2017 7-Month |
22.45" (570.23mm) | 14.80" (375.92mm) |
7.65" (194.31mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2017 | ||||
|
Jun 2016–Jan 2017 8-Month |
26.60" (675.64mm) | 18.88" (479.55mm) |
7.72" (196.09mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1977 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
May 2016–Jan 2017 9-Month |
29.13" (739.90mm) | 21.98" (558.29mm) |
7.15" (181.61mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1977 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 2016–Jan 2017 10-Month |
31.28" (794.51mm) | 24.03" (610.36mm) |
7.25" (184.15mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1977 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1969 | ||||
|
Mar 2016–Jan 2017 11-Month |
33.24" (844.30mm) | 25.29" (642.37mm) |
7.95" (201.93mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1911 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1969 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2017 12-Month |
33.98" (863.09mm) | 25.98" (659.89mm) |
8.00" (203.20mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1911 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2015–Jan 2017 18-Month |
47.86" (1,215.64mm) | 37.20" (944.88mm) |
10.66" (270.76mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2017 24-Month |
63.49" (1,612.65mm) | 51.96" (1,319.78mm) |
11.53" (292.87mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2014–Jan 2017 36-Month |
92.30" (2,344.42mm) | 77.90" (1,978.66mm) |
14.40" (365.76mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1935 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2013–Jan 2017 48-Month |
121.10" (3,075.94mm) | 103.84" (2,637.54mm) |
17.26" (438.40mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1937 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2012–Jan 2017 60-Month |
147.72" (3,752.09mm) | 129.83" (3,297.68mm) |
17.89" (454.41mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1934 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 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/