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.
North Dakota
Precipitation Rankings, March 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
March 2020 1-Month |
0.24" (6.10mm) | 0.74" (18.80mm) |
-0.50" (-12.70mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 1930 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1902 | ||||
|
Feb–Mar 2020 2-Month |
0.41" (10.41mm) | 1.20" (30.48mm) |
-0.79" (-20.07mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 2021 |
| 127th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1902 | ||||
|
Jan–Mar 2020 3-Month |
0.79" (20.07mm) | 1.69" (42.93mm) |
-0.90" (-22.86mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 2001 | 2021 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1902 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Mar 2020 4-Month |
1.55" (39.37mm) | 2.18" (55.37mm) |
-0.63" (-16.00mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2021 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1955, 1965, 1990 | ||||||
|
Nov 2019–Mar 2020 5-Month |
2.16" (54.86mm) | 2.79" (70.87mm) |
-0.63" (-16.01mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2021 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2009 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Mar 2020 6-Month |
4.57" (116.08mm) | 3.86" (98.04mm) |
0.71" (18.04mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2021 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Mar 2020 7-Month |
10.47" (265.94mm) | 5.52" (140.21mm) |
4.95" (125.73mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2021 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2009 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Mar 2020 8-Month |
13.32" (338.33mm) | 7.65" (194.31mm) |
5.67" (144.02mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 2021 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2009, 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 2009 | ||||||
|
Jul 2019–Mar 2020 9-Month |
16.72" (424.69mm) | 10.23" (259.84mm) |
6.49" (164.85mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Mar 2020 10-Month |
19.79" (502.67mm) | 13.64" (346.46mm) |
6.15" (156.21mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2009 | ||||
|
May 2019–Mar 2020 11-Month |
22.09" (561.09mm) | 15.94" (404.88mm) |
6.15" (156.21mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1994 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Mar 2020 12-Month |
23.24" (590.30mm) | 17.31" (439.67mm) |
5.93" (150.63mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1942 | ||||
|
Oct 2018–Mar 2020 18-Month |
27.99" (710.95mm) | 21.18" (537.97mm) |
6.81" (172.98mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 2018–Mar 2020 24-Month |
40.98" (1,040.89mm) | 34.59" (878.59mm) |
6.39" (162.30mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1935 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1995 | ||||
|
Apr 2017–Mar 2020 36-Month |
54.59" (1,386.59mm) | 51.82" (1,316.23mm) |
2.77" (70.36mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1996 | ||||
|
Apr 2016–Mar 2020 48-Month |
76.65" (1,946.91mm) | 69.02" (1,753.11mm) |
7.63" (193.80mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1937 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2012 | ||||
|
Apr 2015–Mar 2020 60-Month |
94.20" (2,392.68mm) | 86.27" (2,191.26mm) |
7.93" (201.42mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1938 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2018 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 30, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/