Climate at a Glance
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Iowa, Climate Division 9. Southeast
Precipitation Rankings, December 1961
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1961 1-Month |
1.60" (40.64mm) | 1.51" (38.35mm) |
0.09" (2.29mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1976 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1972 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1961 2-Month |
6.48" (164.59mm) | 3.62" (91.95mm) |
2.86" (72.64mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1976 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1961 3-Month |
9.92" (251.97mm) | 6.23" (158.24mm) |
3.69" (93.73mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1910 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1941 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1961 4-Month |
19.60" (497.84mm) | 10.15" (257.81mm) |
9.45" (240.03mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1950 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1961 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1961 5-Month |
21.47" (545.34mm) | 13.87" (352.30mm) |
7.60" (193.04mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1953 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1970 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1961 6-Month |
29.18" (741.17mm) | 17.85" (453.39mm) |
11.33" (287.78mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1953 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1902 | 1902 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1961 7-Month |
30.74" (780.80mm) | 22.46" (570.48mm) |
8.28" (210.32mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1953 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1902 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1961 8-Month |
32.20" (817.88mm) | 26.50" (673.10mm) |
5.70" (144.78mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1953 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2010 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1961 9-Month |
34.04" (864.62mm) | 29.84" (757.94mm) |
4.20" (106.68mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1953 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2010 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1961 10-Month |
38.90" (988.06mm) | 32.19" (817.63mm) |
6.71" (170.43mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1901 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2010 | ||||
| Ties: 1984 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1961 11-Month |
40.43" (1,026.92mm) | 33.42" (848.87mm) |
7.01" (178.05mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1901 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1961 12-Month |
40.81" (1,036.57mm) | 34.75" (882.65mm) |
6.06" (153.92mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1901 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1959 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jul 1960–Dec 1961 18-Month |
54.62" (1,387.35mm) | 52.63" (1,336.80mm) |
1.99" (50.55mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1956 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1960–Dec 1961 24-Month |
78.44" (1,992.38mm) | 69.50" (1,765.30mm) |
8.94" (227.08mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1959 | 1989 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1959–Dec 1961 36-Month |
120.62" (3,063.75mm) | 104.23" (2,647.44mm) |
16.39" (416.31mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1989 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1958–Dec 1961 48-Month |
152.56" (3,875.02mm) | 138.86" (3,527.04mm) |
13.70" (347.98mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1956 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1957–Dec 1961 60-Month |
187.60" (4,765.04mm) | 173.41" (4,404.61mm) |
14.19" (360.43mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1960 | 1956 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/