Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, December 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1956 1-Month |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 1.11" (28.19mm) |
-0.59" (-14.98mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 2002 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1943 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1956 2-Month |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 2.87" (72.90mm) |
-0.32" (-8.13mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1956 3-Month |
3.95" (100.33mm) | 5.16" (131.06mm) |
-1.21" (-30.73mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1910 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1931 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1956 4-Month |
5.49" (139.45mm) | 8.83" (224.28mm) |
-3.34" (-84.83mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1939, 1976 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1931 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1956 5-Month |
9.98" (253.49mm) | 12.67" (321.82mm) |
-2.69" (-68.33mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1956 6-Month |
14.50" (368.30mm) | 16.52" (419.61mm) |
-2.02" (-51.31mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1956 7-Month |
17.10" (434.34mm) | 21.15" (537.21mm) |
-4.05" (-102.87mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1956 8-Month |
20.38" (517.65mm) | 25.20" (640.08mm) |
-4.82" (-122.43mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1956 9-Month |
22.36" (567.94mm) | 28.15" (715.01mm) |
-5.79" (-147.07mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1910 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1956 10-Month |
23.29" (591.57mm) | 30.10" (764.54mm) |
-6.81" (-172.97mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1910 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1956 11-Month |
23.83" (605.28mm) | 31.12" (790.45mm) |
-7.29" (-185.17mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1910 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1956 12-Month |
24.28" (616.71mm) | 32.09" (815.09mm) |
-7.81" (-198.38mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1910 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jul 1955–Dec 1956 18-Month |
34.88" (885.95mm) | 48.69" (1,236.73mm) |
-13.81" (-350.78mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan 1955–Dec 1956 24-Month |
47.25" (1,200.15mm) | 64.24" (1,631.70mm) |
-16.99" (-431.55mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1989 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1954–Dec 1956 36-Month |
81.43" (2,068.32mm) | 96.36" (2,447.54mm) |
-14.93" (-379.22mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1912 | 1957 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1953–Dec 1956 48-Month |
107.22" (2,723.39mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
-21.15" (-537.21mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1958 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1952–Dec 1956 60-Month |
136.73" (3,472.94mm) | 160.36" (4,073.14mm) |
-23.63" (-600.20mm) | 1st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2010 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/