Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, January 1943
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1943 1-Month |
0.77" (19.56mm) | 0.98" (24.89mm) |
-0.21" (-5.33mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1981 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1949 | ||||
| Ties: 1959, 1991 | ||||||
|
Dec 1942–Jan 1943 2-Month |
2.30" (58.42mm) | 2.08" (52.83mm) |
0.22" (5.59mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 2003 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 1942–Jan 1943 3-Month |
4.03" (102.36mm) | 3.82" (97.03mm) |
0.21" (5.33mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 2003 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1932 | ||||
|
Oct 1942–Jan 1943 4-Month |
5.51" (139.95mm) | 6.13" (155.70mm) |
-0.62" (-15.75mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1911 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1932 | ||||
|
Sep 1942–Jan 1943 5-Month |
9.61" (244.09mm) | 9.83" (249.68mm) |
-0.22" (-5.59mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1977 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1932 | ||||
|
Aug 1942–Jan 1943 6-Month |
12.83" (325.88mm) | 13.69" (347.73mm) |
-0.86" (-21.85mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1977 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1946 | ||||||
|
Jul 1942–Jan 1943 7-Month |
17.91" (454.91mm) | 17.57" (446.28mm) |
0.34" (8.63mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1977 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1942–Jan 1943 8-Month |
23.80" (604.52mm) | 22.18" (563.37mm) |
1.62" (41.15mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1977 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1942–Jan 1943 9-Month |
28.47" (723.14mm) | 26.22" (665.99mm) |
2.25" (57.15mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1977 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1994 | ||||
|
Apr 1942–Jan 1943 10-Month |
29.54" (750.32mm) | 29.17" (740.92mm) |
0.37" (9.40mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1911 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1994 | ||||
|
Mar 1942–Jan 1943 11-Month |
31.53" (800.86mm) | 31.14" (790.96mm) |
0.39" (9.90mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1911 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1994 | ||||
|
Feb 1942–Jan 1943 12-Month |
32.62" (828.55mm) | 32.15" (816.61mm) |
0.47" (11.94mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1911 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1994 | ||||
|
Aug 1941–Jan 1943 18-Month |
52.27" (1,327.66mm) | 45.86" (1,164.84mm) |
6.41" (162.82mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1957 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1933 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1941–Jan 1943 24-Month |
67.81" (1,722.37mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
3.53" (89.66mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1990 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1940–Jan 1943 36-Month |
99.20" (2,519.68mm) | 96.29" (2,445.77mm) |
2.91" (73.91mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1958 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1944 | ||||||
|
Feb 1939–Jan 1943 48-Month |
123.65" (3,140.71mm) | 128.27" (3,258.06mm) |
-4.62" (-117.35mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1959 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1938–Jan 1943 60-Month |
159.73" (4,057.14mm) | 160.30" (4,071.62mm) |
-0.57" (-14.48mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1957 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1923 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/