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Wettest towns in North Dakota

Ranked by rain and melted snow in a normal year, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for each town. Neighboring towns on the same 5 km grid square have the same numbers, so each square is listed once, under its largest town. 24 towns with 2,500+ residents.

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Wahpeton 1 Wahpeton 25 in Wettest month June Fargo 2 Fargo 24 in Wettest month June Horace 3 Horace 24 in Wettest month June
#TownRain + melted snowWettest monthSnow a year
1 Wahpeton Wahpeton8,010 people 25 in June 50 in
2 Fargo Fargo131,627 people 24 in June 51 in
3 Horace Horace4,588 people 24 in June 51 in
4 West Fargo West Fargo40,094 people 24 in June 51 in
5 Map of Casselton Casselton2,953 people 23 in June 37 in
6 Grand Forks Grand Forks59,042 people 22 in June 49 in
7 Valley City Valley City6,541 people 22 in June —
8 Grafton Grafton4,102 people 21 in June —
9 Jamestown Jamestown15,787 people 21 in July 46 in
10 Devils Lake Devils Lake7,308 people 20 in June —
11 Apple CreekBurleigh County · 3,490 people 18 in June 51 in
12 GibbsBurleigh County · 2,836 people 18 in June 51 in
13 Bismarck Bismarck75,556 people 18 in June 51 in
14 Lincoln Lincoln4,381 people 18 in June 51 in
15 Hay CreekBurleigh County · 4,348 people 18 in June 51 in
16 Mandan Mandan24,522 people 18 in June 51 in
17 Minot47,791 people 17 in June 52 in
18 Beulah Beulah3,040 people 17 in June 33 in
19 New Town New Town2,721 people 17 in June 35 in
20 Minot AFB Minot AFB4,878 people 17 in June 52 in
21 TatmanWard County · 2,730 people 17 in June 52 in
22 Dickinson Dickinson25,357 people 17 in June 35 in
23 Map of Watford City Watford City6,039 people 16 in June 50 in
24 Williston Williston28,056 people 15 in June 48 in

How this ranking works

We rank every town by rain and melted snow in a normal year, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for each town. The town with the highest figure ranks #1. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast, and each town’s Climate page shows its whole year month by month.

Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals, about 5 km (3 miles) square, read at each town’s center, so hills and coastlines are built in. Towns whose centers fall in the same square have the same numbers, so only the largest of them is listed.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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