Climate at a Glance
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Iowa, Climate Division 9. Southeast
Precipitation Rankings, March 1972
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 1972 1-Month |
2.01" (51.05mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
-0.34" (-8.64mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1918 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1990 | ||||
|
Feb–Mar 1972 2-Month |
2.76" (70.10mm) | 3.58" (90.93mm) |
-0.82" (-20.83mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1958 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1965 | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Mar 1972 3-Month |
3.48" (88.39mm) | 4.91" (124.71mm) |
-1.43" (-36.32mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1956 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1971–Mar 1972 4-Month |
7.68" (195.07mm) | 6.40" (162.56mm) |
1.28" (32.51mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1956 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1971–Mar 1972 5-Month |
10.42" (264.67mm) | 8.52" (216.41mm) |
1.90" (48.26mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1956 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1993 | ||||
|
Oct 1971–Mar 1972 6-Month |
13.28" (337.31mm) | 11.15" (283.21mm) |
2.13" (54.10mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1956 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1985 | ||||
|
Sep 1971–Mar 1972 7-Month |
17.08" (433.83mm) | 15.07" (382.78mm) |
2.01" (51.05mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1957 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1962 | ||||
|
Aug 1971–Mar 1972 8-Month |
18.41" (467.61mm) | 18.81" (477.77mm) |
-0.40" (-10.16mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1954 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2017 | ||||||
|
Jul 1971–Mar 1972 9-Month |
23.29" (591.57mm) | 22.79" (578.87mm) |
0.50" (12.70mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1954 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jun 1971–Mar 1972 10-Month |
25.69" (652.53mm) | 27.34" (694.44mm) |
-1.65" (-41.91mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1902 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1903 | ||||
|
May 1971–Mar 1972 11-Month |
28.48" (723.39mm) | 31.40" (797.56mm) |
-2.92" (-74.17mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1902 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 1971–Mar 1972 12-Month |
29.88" (758.95mm) | 34.74" (882.40mm) |
-4.86" (-123.45mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1902 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2011 | ||||
|
Oct 1970–Mar 1972 18-Month |
39.97" (1,015.24mm) | 45.91" (1,166.11mm) |
-5.94" (-150.87mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1957 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 1970–Mar 1972 24-Month |
74.13" (1,882.90mm) | 69.47" (1,764.54mm) |
4.66" (118.36mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1957 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 1969–Mar 1972 36-Month |
110.10" (2,796.54mm) | 104.12" (2,644.65mm) |
5.98" (151.89mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1956 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 1968–Mar 1972 48-Month |
142.02" (3,607.31mm) | 138.67" (3,522.22mm) |
3.35" (85.09mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1957 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2011 | ||||
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Apr 1967–Mar 1972 60-Month |
177.95" (4,519.93mm) | 173.27" (4,401.06mm) |
4.68" (118.87mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1958 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1963 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/