Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, October 1949
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1949 1-Month |
1.92" (48.77mm) | 2.29" (58.17mm) |
-0.37" (-9.40mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1952 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1948, 1989 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 1949 2-Month |
5.12" (130.05mm) | 5.96" (151.38mm) |
-0.84" (-21.33mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1952 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1941 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1949 3-Month |
7.41" (188.21mm) | 9.80" (248.92mm) |
-2.39" (-60.71mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1953 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1949 4-Month |
10.97" (278.64mm) | 13.66" (346.96mm) |
-2.69" (-68.32mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1953, 1976 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1949 5-Month |
16.52" (419.61mm) | 18.29" (464.57mm) |
-1.77" (-44.96mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1976 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1949 6-Month |
19.19" (487.43mm) | 22.33" (567.18mm) |
-3.14" (-79.75mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1976 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1949 7-Month |
20.50" (520.70mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
-4.78" (-121.41mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1988 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1949 8-Month |
22.98" (583.69mm) | 27.23" (691.64mm) |
-4.25" (-107.95mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1988 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1949 9-Month |
23.87" (606.30mm) | 28.25" (717.55mm) |
-4.38" (-111.25mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1988 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1949 10-Month |
26.57" (674.88mm) | 29.23" (742.44mm) |
-2.66" (-67.56mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1988 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 1948–Oct 1949 11-Month |
28.25" (717.55mm) | 30.33" (770.38mm) |
-2.08" (-52.83mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1988 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1948–Oct 1949 12-Month |
30.97" (786.64mm) | 32.07" (814.58mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1956 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
May 1948–Oct 1949 18-Month |
47.67" (1,210.82mm) | 54.47" (1,383.54mm) |
-6.80" (-172.72mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1956 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1947–Oct 1949 24-Month |
58.42" (1,483.87mm) | 64.23" (1,631.44mm) |
-5.81" (-147.57mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1956 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1946–Oct 1949 36-Month |
91.88" (2,333.75mm) | 96.34" (2,447.04mm) |
-4.46" (-113.29mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1957 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2010 | ||||
|
Nov 1945–Oct 1949 48-Month |
127.63" (3,241.80mm) | 128.36" (3,260.34mm) |
-0.73" (-18.54mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1958 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2010 | ||||
|
Nov 1944–Oct 1949 60-Month |
161.51" (4,102.35mm) | 160.34" (4,072.64mm) |
1.17" (29.71mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1956 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2010 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 5, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/