North Dakota, Precipitation Rankings, December 1979 1901-2000 Inches 1 0.24 0.49 -0.25 17 112 1944 2022 1957 1978 bottom-third 1895,1999 2 0.49 1.11 -0.62 10 119 1999 1922 1961 1978 bottom-tenth 1912,1961 3 1.02 2.19 -1.17 10 119 1987 1982 1976 1978 bottom-tenth 4 1.82 3.82 -2.00 6 123 1952 2019 1976 1978 bottom-tenth 5 3.29 5.93 -2.64 3 126 1976 2019 1976 1978 bottom-tenth 6 6.19 8.52 -2.33 11 118 1976 2019 1976 1978 bottom-tenth 1990 7 8.47 11.95 -3.48 10 119 1936 2019 1976 1978 bottom-tenth 8 10.09 14.28 -4.19 8 121 1936 2019 1976 1978 bottom-tenth 9 12.10 15.65 -3.55 11 118 1936 2019 1976 1978 bottom-tenth 10 13.04 16.39 -3.35 15 114 1936 2019 1976 1978 bottom-third 11 14.08 16.85 -2.77 17 112 1936 2019 1976 1978 bottom-third 12 14.42 17.34 -2.92 16 113 1936 2019 1976 1978 bottom-third 18 23.14 25.88 -2.74 28 100 1934 2011 1976 1978 bottom-third 24 32.31 34.65 -2.34 33 95 1934 2011 1967 1978 bottom-third 1940 36 53.62 51.92 1.70 67 60 1936 2011 1978 1977 normal 48 65.91 69.14 -3.23 23 103 1936 2011 1962 1978 bottom-third 60 87.17 86.36 0.81 53 72 1937 2011 1976 1978 normal