Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, October 1978
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 1978 1-Month |
0.35" (8.89mm) | 1.08" (27.43mm) |
-0.73" (-18.54mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1952 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1982 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1978 2-Month |
2.66" (67.56mm) | 2.71" (68.83mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1935 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1978 3-Month |
4.49" (114.05mm) | 4.82" (122.43mm) |
-0.33" (-8.38mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1976 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1978 4-Month |
7.22" (183.39mm) | 7.41" (188.21mm) |
-0.19" (-4.82mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1976 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1978 5-Month |
10.53" (267.46mm) | 10.84" (275.34mm) |
-0.31" (-7.88mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2019 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1978 6-Month |
14.17" (359.92mm) | 13.17" (334.52mm) |
1.00" (25.40mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1978 7-Month |
15.53" (394.46mm) | 14.54" (369.32mm) |
0.99" (25.14mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1941 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1978 8-Month |
15.80" (401.32mm) | 15.28" (388.11mm) |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1941 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1978 9-Month |
16.15" (410.21mm) | 15.74" (399.80mm) |
0.41" (10.41mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1978 10-Month |
16.39" (416.31mm) | 16.23" (412.24mm) |
0.16" (4.07mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1977–Oct 1978 11-Month |
17.42" (442.47mm) | 16.72" (424.69mm) |
0.70" (17.78mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2008 | ||||||
|
Nov 1977–Oct 1978 12-Month |
18.85" (478.79mm) | 17.32" (439.93mm) |
1.53" (38.86mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1977–Oct 1978 18-Month |
35.40" (899.16mm) | 30.48" (774.19mm) |
4.92" (124.97mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1934 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1963 | ||||||
|
Nov 1976–Oct 1978 24-Month |
38.23" (971.04mm) | 34.64" (879.86mm) |
3.59" (91.18mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1934 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2011 | ||||
|
Nov 1975–Oct 1978 36-Month |
51.05" (1,296.67mm) | 51.90" (1,318.26mm) |
-0.85" (-21.59mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1936 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2011 | ||||
|
Nov 1974–Oct 1978 48-Month |
72.20" (1,833.88mm) | 69.12" (1,755.65mm) |
3.08" (78.23mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1936 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2011 | ||||
|
Nov 1973–Oct 1978 60-Month |
88.20" (2,240.28mm) | 86.34" (2,193.04mm) |
1.86" (47.24mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1937 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2013 | ||||
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/