Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, August 1942
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1942 1-Month |
3.22" (81.79mm) | 3.84" (97.54mm) |
-0.62" (-15.75mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1984 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2007 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1942 2-Month |
8.30" (210.82mm) | 7.70" (195.58mm) |
0.60" (15.24mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1947 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1942 3-Month |
14.19" (360.43mm) | 12.33" (313.18mm) |
1.86" (47.25mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1927 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1942 4-Month |
18.86" (479.04mm) | 16.38" (416.05mm) |
2.48" (62.99mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1936 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1942 5-Month |
19.93" (506.22mm) | 19.32" (490.73mm) |
0.61" (15.49mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1936 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1942 6-Month |
21.92" (556.77mm) | 21.28" (540.51mm) |
0.64" (16.26mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1936 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1942 7-Month |
23.01" (584.45mm) | 22.29" (566.17mm) |
0.72" (18.28mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1988 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1942 8-Month |
23.74" (603.00mm) | 23.27" (591.06mm) |
0.47" (11.94mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1988 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 1941–Aug 1942 9-Month |
25.59" (649.99mm) | 24.37" (619.00mm) |
1.22" (30.99mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1988 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1941–Aug 1942 10-Month |
27.42" (696.47mm) | 26.11" (663.19mm) |
1.31" (33.28mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1934 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 1946 | ||||||
|
Oct 1941–Aug 1942 11-Month |
33.23" (844.04mm) | 28.42" (721.87mm) |
4.81" (122.17mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1934 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1941–Aug 1942 12-Month |
40.66" (1,032.76mm) | 32.12" (815.85mm) |
8.54" (216.91mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1934 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar 1941–Aug 1942 18-Month |
57.71" (1,465.83mm) | 53.43" (1,357.12mm) |
4.28" (108.71mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1911 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1940–Aug 1942 24-Month |
66.95" (1,700.53mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
2.67" (67.82mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1934 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1939–Aug 1942 36-Month |
93.81" (2,382.77mm) | 96.39" (2,448.31mm) |
-2.58" (-65.54mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1957 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2010 | ||||
|
Sep 1938–Aug 1942 48-Month |
125.09" (3,177.29mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
-3.28" (-83.31mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1936 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 2010 | ||||
|
Sep 1937–Aug 1942 60-Month |
156.30" (3,970.02mm) | 160.37" (4,073.40mm) |
-4.07" (-103.38mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1957 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 10, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/