Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, August 1947
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1947 1-Month |
1.50" (38.10mm) | 3.84" (97.54mm) |
-2.34" (-59.44mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1901 | 1984 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2007 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1947 2-Month |
3.15" (80.01mm) | 7.70" (195.58mm) |
-4.55" (-115.57mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1947 |
| 128th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1947 3-Month |
13.05" (331.47mm) | 12.33" (313.18mm) |
0.72" (18.29mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1927 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1947 4-Month |
17.28" (438.91mm) | 16.38" (416.05mm) |
0.90" (22.86mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1936 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1947 5-Month |
22.19" (563.63mm) | 19.32" (490.73mm) |
2.87" (72.90mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1936 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1947 6-Month |
23.54" (597.92mm) | 21.28" (540.51mm) |
2.26" (57.41mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1936 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1947 7-Month |
23.84" (605.54mm) | 22.29" (566.17mm) |
1.55" (39.37mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1988 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1947 8-Month |
25.27" (641.86mm) | 23.27" (591.06mm) |
2.00" (50.80mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1988 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 1946–Aug 1947 9-Month |
25.89" (657.61mm) | 24.37" (619.00mm) |
1.52" (38.61mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1988 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1946–Aug 1947 10-Month |
27.62" (701.55mm) | 26.11" (663.19mm) |
1.51" (38.36mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1934 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1993 | ||||
|
Oct 1946–Aug 1947 11-Month |
30.93" (785.62mm) | 28.42" (721.87mm) |
2.51" (63.75mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1934 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1946–Aug 1947 12-Month |
35.95" (913.13mm) | 32.12" (815.85mm) |
3.83" (97.28mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1934 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar 1946–Aug 1947 18-Month |
57.97" (1,472.44mm) | 53.43" (1,357.12mm) |
4.54" (115.32mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1911 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1945–Aug 1947 24-Month |
67.92" (1,725.17mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
3.64" (92.46mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1934 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1944–Aug 1947 36-Month |
100.51" (2,552.95mm) | 96.39" (2,448.31mm) |
4.12" (104.64mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1957 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2010 | ||||
|
Sep 1943–Aug 1947 48-Month |
136.43" (3,465.32mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
8.06" (204.72mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1936 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2010 | ||||
|
Sep 1942–Aug 1947 60-Month |
170.93" (4,341.62mm) | 160.37" (4,073.40mm) |
10.56" (268.22mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1957 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2011 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/