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Iowa, Climate Division 9. Southeast
Precipitation Rankings, December 1970
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1970 1-Month |
1.98" (50.29mm) | 1.51" (38.35mm) |
0.47" (11.94mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1925, 1983, 1997 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1970 2-Month |
3.29" (83.57mm) | 3.62" (91.95mm) |
-0.33" (-8.38mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1970 3-Month |
6.50" (165.10mm) | 6.23" (158.24mm) |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1910 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1941 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1970 4-Month |
16.22" (411.99mm) | 10.15" (257.81mm) |
6.07" (154.18mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1950 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1961 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1970 5-Month |
25.38" (644.65mm) | 13.87" (352.30mm) |
11.51" (292.35mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1953 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1970 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1970 6-Month |
28.46" (722.88mm) | 17.85" (453.39mm) |
10.61" (269.49mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1953 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1961 | 1902 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1970 7-Month |
32.63" (828.80mm) | 22.46" (570.48mm) |
10.17" (258.32mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1953 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1928 | 1902 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1970 8-Month |
36.82" (935.23mm) | 26.50" (673.10mm) |
10.32" (262.13mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1953 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1902 | 2010 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1970 9-Month |
40.66" (1,032.76mm) | 29.84" (757.94mm) |
10.82" (274.82mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1953 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1902 | 2010 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1970 10-Month |
43.01" (1,092.45mm) | 32.19" (817.63mm) |
10.82" (274.82mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1901 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1902 | 2010 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1970 11-Month |
43.20" (1,097.28mm) | 33.42" (848.87mm) |
9.78" (248.41mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1901 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1902 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1970 12-Month |
43.55" (1,106.17mm) | 34.75" (882.65mm) |
8.80" (223.52mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1901 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 2010 | ||||
| Ties: 2015 | ||||||
|
Jul 1969–Dec 1970 18-Month |
63.37" (1,609.60mm) | 52.63" (1,336.80mm) |
10.74" (272.80mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1956 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1927 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1970 24-Month |
81.72" (2,075.69mm) | 69.50" (1,765.30mm) |
12.22" (310.39mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1989 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1968–Dec 1970 36-Month |
110.97" (2,818.64mm) | 104.23" (2,647.44mm) |
6.74" (171.20mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1989 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1967 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1967–Dec 1970 48-Month |
148.74" (3,778.00mm) | 138.86" (3,527.04mm) |
9.88" (250.96mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1956 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1966–Dec 1970 60-Month |
177.19" (4,500.63mm) | 173.41" (4,404.61mm) |
3.78" (96.02mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1956 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/