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, March 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
March 2020 1-Month |
1.18" (29.97mm) | 1.26" (32.00mm) |
-0.08" (-2.03mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1895 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1977 | ||||
|
Feb–Mar 2020 2-Month |
1.52" (38.61mm) | 1.96" (49.78mm) |
-0.44" (-11.17mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1958 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1979 | ||||
|
Jan–Mar 2020 3-Month |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 2.74" (69.60mm) |
-0.34" (-8.64mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1912 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1897 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Mar 2020 4-Month |
4.22" (107.19mm) | 3.56" (90.42mm) |
0.66" (16.77mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1958 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1969 | ||||
| Ties: 1954 | ||||||
|
Nov 2019–Mar 2020 5-Month |
5.39" (136.91mm) | 4.83" (122.68mm) |
0.56" (14.23mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2003 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1897 | ||||
| Ties: 1933 | ||||||
|
Oct 2019–Mar 2020 6-Month |
9.61" (244.09mm) | 6.77" (171.96mm) |
2.84" (72.13mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1963 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1971 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Mar 2020 7-Month |
15.73" (399.54mm) | 9.68" (245.87mm) |
6.05" (153.67mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1953 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Mar 2020 8-Month |
19.04" (483.62mm) | 13.16" (334.26mm) |
5.88" (149.36mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Mar 2020 9-Month |
23.66" (600.96mm) | 16.76" (425.70mm) |
6.90" (175.26mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1968 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1901 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Mar 2020 10-Month |
27.21" (691.13mm) | 20.84" (529.34mm) |
6.37" (161.79mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1911 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
May 2019–Mar 2020 11-Month |
31.32" (795.53mm) | 23.94" (608.08mm) |
7.38" (187.45mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1911 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Mar 2020 12-Month |
34.03" (864.36mm) | 25.98" (659.89mm) |
8.05" (204.47mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1911 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1969 | ||||
|
Oct 2018–Mar 2020 18-Month |
44.01" (1,117.85mm) | 32.77" (832.36mm) |
11.24" (285.49mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1911 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2018–Mar 2020 24-Month |
65.38" (1,660.65mm) | 51.96" (1,319.78mm) |
13.42" (340.87mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1924 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2017–Mar 2020 36-Month |
93.68" (2,379.47mm) | 77.90" (1,978.66mm) |
15.78" (400.81mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1935 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2016–Mar 2020 48-Month |
126.74" (3,219.20mm) | 103.83" (2,637.28mm) |
22.91" (581.92mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 2015–Mar 2020 60-Month |
157.88" (4,010.15mm) | 129.81" (3,297.17mm) |
28.07" (712.98mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/