Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, August 1973
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1973 1-Month |
1.60" (40.64mm) | 2.12" (53.85mm) |
-0.52" (-13.21mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1929, 1933 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1900 | ||||
| Ties: 1950 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1973 2-Month |
3.27" (83.06mm) | 4.70" (119.38mm) |
-1.43" (-36.32mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1967 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1973 3-Month |
6.18" (156.97mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
-1.96" (-49.79mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1929 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1973 4-Month |
7.80" (198.12mm) | 10.46" (265.68mm) |
-2.66" (-67.56mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1936 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1973 5-Month |
9.15" (232.41mm) | 11.83" (300.48mm) |
-2.68" (-68.07mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1936 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1973 6-Month |
10.05" (255.27mm) | 12.57" (319.28mm) |
-2.52" (-64.01mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1936 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1973 7-Month |
10.24" (260.10mm) | 13.03" (330.96mm) |
-2.79" (-70.86mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1936 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1973 8-Month |
10.33" (262.38mm) | 13.53" (343.66mm) |
-3.20" (-81.28mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1961 | 1936 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 1972–Aug 1973 9-Month |
11.16" (283.46mm) | 14.01" (355.85mm) |
-2.85" (-72.39mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1936 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1972–Aug 1973 10-Month |
11.30" (287.02mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
-3.32" (-84.33mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1936 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1993 | ||||
|
Oct 1972–Aug 1973 11-Month |
12.45" (316.23mm) | 15.69" (398.53mm) |
-3.24" (-82.30mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1936 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1999 | ||||
|
Sep 1972–Aug 1973 12-Month |
13.84" (351.54mm) | 17.35" (440.69mm) |
-3.51" (-89.15mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1936 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar 1972–Aug 1973 18-Month |
26.70" (678.18mm) | 29.88" (758.95mm) |
-3.18" (-80.77mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1934 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2011 | ||||
|
Sep 1971–Aug 1973 24-Month |
34.76" (882.90mm) | 34.65" (880.11mm) |
0.11" (2.79mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1934 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2011 | ||||
|
Sep 1970–Aug 1973 36-Month |
52.01" (1,321.05mm) | 51.90" (1,318.26mm) |
0.11" (2.79mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1936 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2011 | ||||
|
Sep 1969–Aug 1973 48-Month |
69.75" (1,771.65mm) | 69.10" (1,755.14mm) |
0.65" (16.51mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1936 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2012 | ||||
|
Sep 1968–Aug 1973 60-Month |
87.44" (2,220.98mm) | 86.30" (2,192.02mm) |
1.14" (28.96mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1937 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2014 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 1, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/