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Iowa, Climate Division 9. Southeast
Precipitation Rankings, December 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1956 1-Month |
0.92" (23.37mm) | 1.51" (38.35mm) |
-0.59" (-14.98mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1956 2-Month |
2.06" (52.32mm) | 3.62" (91.95mm) |
-1.56" (-39.63mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1937 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1956 3-Month |
2.90" (73.66mm) | 6.23" (158.24mm) |
-3.33" (-84.58mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1910 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1941 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1956 4-Month |
3.60" (91.44mm) | 10.15" (257.81mm) |
-6.55" (-166.37mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1950 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1961 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1956 5-Month |
9.05" (229.87mm) | 13.87" (352.30mm) |
-4.82" (-122.43mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1953 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1970 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1956 6-Month |
13.33" (338.58mm) | 17.85" (453.39mm) |
-4.52" (-114.81mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1953 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1902 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1956 7-Month |
15.73" (399.54mm) | 22.46" (570.48mm) |
-6.73" (-170.94mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1953 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1902 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1956 8-Month |
17.27" (438.66mm) | 26.50" (673.10mm) |
-9.23" (-234.44mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1953 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1956 9-Month |
18.77" (476.76mm) | 29.84" (757.94mm) |
-11.07" (-281.18mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1953 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1956 10-Month |
19.30" (490.22mm) | 32.19" (817.63mm) |
-12.89" (-327.41mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1901 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1956 11-Month |
20.40" (518.16mm) | 33.42" (848.87mm) |
-13.02" (-330.71mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1901 | 1901 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1956 12-Month |
20.70" (525.78mm) | 34.75" (882.65mm) |
-14.05" (-356.87mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1901 | 1901 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jul 1955–Dec 1956 18-Month |
31.90" (810.26mm) | 52.63" (1,336.80mm) |
-20.73" (-526.54mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1955–Dec 1956 24-Month |
48.77" (1,238.76mm) | 69.50" (1,765.30mm) |
-20.73" (-526.54mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1989 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1954–Dec 1956 36-Month |
83.05" (2,109.47mm) | 104.23" (2,647.44mm) |
-21.18" (-537.97mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1901 | 1989 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1953–Dec 1956 48-Month |
105.48" (2,679.19mm) | 138.86" (3,527.04mm) |
-33.38" (-847.85mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1952–Dec 1956 60-Month |
138.24" (3,511.30mm) | 173.41" (4,404.61mm) |
-35.17" (-893.31mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/