North Dakota, Precipitation Rankings, December 1898 1901-2000 Inches 1 0.25 0.49 -0.24 20 109 1944 2022 1895 1897 bottom-third 1958 2 0.58 1.11 -0.53 17 112 1999 1922 1898 1897 bottom-third 1934,1943,2001 3 2.98 2.19 0.79 103 26 1987 1982 1897 1896 top-third 4 4.06 3.82 0.24 77 52 1952 2019 1897 1896 normal 5 5.60 5.93 -0.33 58 71 1976 2019 1897 1896 normal 6 8.23 8.52 -0.29 56 73 1976 2019 1897 1898 normal 7 11.64 11.95 -0.31 56 73 1936 2019 1897 1896 normal 8 13.61 14.28 -0.67 44 85 1936 2019 1897 1896 normal 9 14.90 15.65 -0.75 47 82 1936 2019 1897 1896 normal 10 15.74 16.39 -0.65 49 80 1936 2019 1897 1896 normal 11 16.25 16.85 -0.60 50 79 1936 2019 1897 1896 normal 12 16.37 17.34 -0.97 44 85 1936 2019 1897 1896 normal 18 23.07 25.88 -2.81 24 104 1934 2011 1898 1897 bottom-third 24 31.97 34.65 -2.68 27 101 1934 2011 1898 1897 bottom-third 36 54.55 51.92 2.63 80 47 1936 2011 1897 1898 normal 48 70.19 69.14 1.05 53 73 1936 2011 1898 1898 normal 60 -99 86.36 -99 -99 -99 1937 2011 normal