Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, January 1949
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1949 1-Month |
2.70" (68.58mm) | 0.98" (24.89mm) |
1.72" (43.69mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1981 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1949 | ||||
|
Dec 1948–Jan 1949 2-Month |
4.38" (111.25mm) | 2.08" (52.83mm) |
2.30" (58.42mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 2003 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 1948–Jan 1949 3-Month |
7.10" (180.34mm) | 3.82" (97.03mm) |
3.28" (83.31mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 2003 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 1932 | ||||
|
Oct 1948–Jan 1949 4-Month |
9.02" (229.11mm) | 6.13" (155.70mm) |
2.89" (73.41mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1911 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 1932 | ||||
|
Sep 1948–Jan 1949 5-Month |
11.05" (280.67mm) | 9.83" (249.68mm) |
1.22" (30.99mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1977 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1939 | ||||||
|
Aug 1948–Jan 1949 6-Month |
13.67" (347.22mm) | 13.69" (347.73mm) |
-0.02" (-0.51mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1977 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1948–Jan 1949 7-Month |
17.96" (456.18mm) | 17.57" (446.28mm) |
0.39" (9.90mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1977 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1948–Jan 1949 8-Month |
21.49" (545.85mm) | 22.18" (563.37mm) |
-0.69" (-17.52mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1977 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1948–Jan 1949 9-Month |
23.80" (604.52mm) | 26.22" (665.99mm) |
-2.42" (-61.47mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1977 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1994 | ||||
| Ties: 2003 | ||||||
|
Apr 1948–Jan 1949 10-Month |
26.46" (672.08mm) | 29.17" (740.92mm) |
-2.71" (-68.84mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1911 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1994 | ||||
|
Mar 1948–Jan 1949 11-Month |
28.97" (735.84mm) | 31.14" (790.96mm) |
-2.17" (-55.12mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1911 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1994 | ||||
|
Feb 1948–Jan 1949 12-Month |
30.84" (783.34mm) | 32.15" (816.61mm) |
-1.31" (-33.27mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1911 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1994 | ||||
|
Aug 1947–Jan 1949 18-Month |
41.89" (1,064.01mm) | 45.86" (1,164.84mm) |
-3.97" (-100.83mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1957 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 1905 | ||||||
|
Feb 1947–Jan 1949 24-Month |
64.23" (1,631.44mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1990 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 1946–Jan 1949 36-Month |
98.73" (2,507.74mm) | 96.29" (2,445.77mm) |
2.44" (61.97mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1958 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1945–Jan 1949 48-Month |
134.06" (3,405.12mm) | 128.27" (3,258.06mm) |
5.79" (147.06mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1959 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1944–Jan 1949 60-Month |
170.32" (4,326.13mm) | 160.30" (4,071.62mm) |
10.02" (254.51mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1957 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/