Statewide Rankings
Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, December 1956
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 1956 1-Month |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 1.11" (28.19mm) |
-0.59" (-14.98mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
112th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Ties: 1943 | ||||||
Nov– 2-Month |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 2.87" (72.90mm) |
-0.32" (-8.13mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
73rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Oct– 3-Month |
3.95" (100.33mm) | 5.16" (131.06mm) |
-1.21" (-30.73mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
91st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1931 | ||||
Sep– 4-Month |
5.49" (139.45mm) | 8.83" (224.28mm) |
-3.34" (-84.83mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: |
1939, 1976 |
114th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1931 | ||||
Aug– 5-Month |
9.98" (253.49mm) | 12.67" (321.82mm) |
-2.69" (-68.33mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Jul– 6-Month |
14.50" (368.30mm) | 16.52" (419.61mm) |
-2.02" (-51.31mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
88th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Jun– 7-Month |
17.10" (434.34mm) | 21.15" (537.21mm) |
-4.05" (-102.87mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
108th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
May– 8-Month |
20.38" (517.65mm) | 25.20" (640.08mm) |
-4.82" (-122.43mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
111th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1993 | ||||
Apr– 9-Month |
22.36" (567.94mm) | 28.15" (715.01mm) |
-5.79" (-147.07mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
114th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1993 | ||||
Mar– 10-Month |
23.29" (591.57mm) | 30.10" (764.54mm) |
-6.81" (-172.97mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
119th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1993 | ||||
Feb– 11-Month |
23.83" (605.28mm) | 31.12" (790.45mm) |
-7.29" (-185.17mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
120th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1993 | ||||
Jan– 12-Month |
24.28" (616.71mm) | 32.09" (815.09mm) |
-7.81" (-198.38mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1993 | ||||
Jul 1955– 18-Month |
34.88" (885.95mm) | 48.69" (1,236.73mm) |
-13.81" (-350.78mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1993 | ||||
Jan 1955– 24-Month |
47.25" (1,200.15mm) | 64.24" (1,631.70mm) |
-16.99" (-431.55mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: |
1989 |
126th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 1954– 36-Month |
81.43" (2,068.32mm) | 96.36" (2,447.54mm) |
-14.93" (-379.22mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
122nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2010 | ||||
Jan 1953– 48-Month |
107.22" (2,723.39mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
-21.15" (-537.21mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: |
1958 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2010 | ||||
Jan 1952– 60-Month |
136.73" (3,472.94mm) | 160.36" (4,073.14mm) |
-23.63" (-600.20mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2010 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on January 26, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/rankings