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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Minnesota
Precipitation Rankings, April 2017
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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April 2017 1-Month |
2.50" (63.50mm) | 2.05" (52.07mm) |
0.45" (11.43mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1987 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1896 | ||||
| Ties: 1924 | ||||||
|
Mar–Apr 2017 2-Month |
3.31" (84.07mm) | 3.31" (84.07mm) |
0.00" (0.00mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1959 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1896 | ||||
|
Feb–Apr 2017 3-Month |
4.28" (108.71mm) | 4.00" (101.60mm) |
0.28" (7.11mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1959 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1896 | ||||
| Ties: 1998 | ||||||
|
Jan–Apr 2017 4-Month |
5.26" (133.60mm) | 4.79" (121.67mm) |
0.47" (11.93mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1959 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1896 | ||||
|
Dec 2016–Apr 2017 5-Month |
6.84" (173.74mm) | 5.60" (142.24mm) |
1.24" (31.50mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1959 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1896 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Apr 2017 6-Month |
8.56" (217.42mm) | 6.88" (174.75mm) |
1.68" (42.67mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1987 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2001 | ||||
|
Oct 2016–Apr 2017 7-Month |
10.73" (272.54mm) | 8.81" (223.77mm) |
1.92" (48.77mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1926, 1987 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2001 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Apr 2017 8-Month |
15.35" (389.89mm) | 11.73" (297.94mm) |
3.62" (91.95mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1959 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1978 | ||||||
|
Aug 2016–Apr 2017 9-Month |
20.66" (524.76mm) | 15.21" (386.33mm) |
5.45" (138.43mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1977 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul 2016–Apr 2017 10-Month |
26.73" (678.94mm) | 18.81" (477.77mm) |
7.92" (201.17mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jun 2016–Apr 2017 11-Month |
30.88" (784.35mm) | 22.89" (581.41mm) |
7.99" (202.94mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1911 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
May 2016–Apr 2017 12-Month |
33.41" (848.61mm) | 25.99" (660.15mm) |
7.42" (188.46mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1911 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Apr 2017 18-Month |
43.39" (1,102.11mm) | 32.87" (834.90mm) |
10.52" (267.21mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1911 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2017 | ||||
|
May 2015–Apr 2017 24-Month |
65.31" (1,658.87mm) | 51.97" (1,320.04mm) |
13.34" (338.83mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
May 2014–Apr 2017 36-Month |
91.15" (2,315.21mm) | 77.92" (1,979.17mm) |
13.23" (336.04mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1935 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2013–Apr 2017 48-Month |
119.47" (3,034.54mm) | 103.85" (2,637.79mm) |
15.62" (396.75mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1933 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2020 | ||||
|
May 2012–Apr 2017 60-Month |
146.43" (3,719.32mm) | 129.78" (3,296.41mm) |
16.65" (422.91mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1934 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 28, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/