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 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2020 1-Month |
4.58" (116.33mm) | 3.44" (87.38mm) |
1.14" (28.95mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1900 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2020 2-Month |
9.46" (240.28mm) | 7.04" (178.82mm) |
2.42" (61.46mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1930 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2020 3-Month |
13.51" (343.15mm) | 11.15" (283.21mm) |
2.36" (59.94mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1936 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2020 4-Month |
15.59" (395.99mm) | 14.28" (362.71mm) |
1.31" (33.28mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1910 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 2019 | ||||||
|
Apr–Aug 2020 5-Month |
16.86" (428.24mm) | 16.32" (414.53mm) |
0.54" (13.71mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1910 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2020 6-Month |
18.04" (458.22mm) | 17.59" (446.79mm) |
0.45" (11.43mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1910 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2020 7-Month |
18.38" (466.85mm) | 18.28" (464.31mm) |
0.10" (2.54mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1910 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2020 8-Month |
19.26" (489.20mm) | 19.07" (484.38mm) |
0.19" (4.82mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1910 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Aug 2020 9-Month |
21.08" (535.43mm) | 19.88" (504.95mm) |
1.20" (30.48mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1910 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 1906 | ||||||
|
Nov 2019–Aug 2020 10-Month |
22.25" (565.15mm) | 21.16" (537.46mm) |
1.09" (27.69mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 1928 | ||||||
|
Oct 2019–Aug 2020 11-Month |
26.47" (672.34mm) | 23.09" (586.49mm) |
3.38" (85.85mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1934 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Aug 2020 12-Month |
32.59" (827.79mm) | 26.01" (660.65mm) |
6.58" (167.14mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1936 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Aug 2020 18-Month |
52.55" (1,334.77mm) | 43.57" (1,106.68mm) |
8.98" (228.09mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1934 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1897 | ||||||
|
Sep 2018–Aug 2020 24-Month |
65.19" (1,655.83mm) | 52.00" (1,320.80mm) |
13.19" (335.03mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1934 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2020 36-Month |
93.20" (2,367.28mm) | 77.95" (1,979.93mm) |
15.25" (387.35mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2020 48-Month |
123.39" (3,134.11mm) | 103.86" (2,638.04mm) |
19.53" (496.07mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1936 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2020 60-Month |
156.29" (3,969.77mm) | 129.79" (3,296.67mm) |
26.50" (673.10mm) | 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 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/