Statewide Rankings
Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, December 1971
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 1971 1-Month |
1.87" (47.50mm) | 1.11" (28.19mm) |
0.76" (19.31mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: |
2002 |
17th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Nov– 2-Month |
4.95" (125.73mm) | 2.87" (72.90mm) |
2.08" (52.83mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
9th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2015 | ||||
Oct– 3-Month |
8.56" (217.42mm) | 5.16" (131.06mm) |
3.40" (86.36mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1931 | ||||
Sep– 4-Month |
10.98" (278.89mm) | 8.83" (224.28mm) |
2.15" (54.61mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: |
1939, 1976 |
31st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1931 | ||||
Aug– 5-Month |
12.22" (310.39mm) | 12.67" (321.82mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
67th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Jul– 6-Month |
15.65" (397.51mm) | 16.52" (419.61mm) |
-0.87" (-22.10mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
72nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Jun– 7-Month |
20.15" (511.81mm) | 21.15" (537.21mm) |
-1.00" (-25.40mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
75th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2018 | ||||
Ties: 1911 | ||||||
May– 8-Month |
23.72" (602.49mm) | 25.20" (640.08mm) |
-1.48" (-37.59mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: |
1976 |
78th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1993 | ||||
Apr– 9-Month |
25.09" (637.29mm) | 28.15" (715.01mm) |
-3.06" (-77.72mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
97th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1993 | ||||
Mar– 10-Month |
26.00" (660.40mm) | 30.10" (764.54mm) |
-4.10" (-104.14mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
105th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1993 | ||||
Feb– 11-Month |
28.42" (721.87mm) | 31.12" (790.45mm) |
-2.70" (-68.58mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
92nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1993 | ||||
Jan– 12-Month |
29.51" (749.55mm) | 32.09" (815.09mm) |
-2.58" (-65.54mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
91st Wettest | Wettest since: |
1993 | ||||
Ties: 1952 | ||||||
Jul 1970– 18-Month |
50.00" (1,270.00mm) | 48.69" (1,236.73mm) |
1.31" (33.27mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
50th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1993 | ||||
Jan 1970– 24-Month |
63.03" (1,600.96mm) | 64.24" (1,631.70mm) |
-1.21" (-30.74mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: |
1989 |
73rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jan 1969– 36-Month |
97.81" (2,484.37mm) | 96.36" (2,447.54mm) |
1.45" (36.83mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
58th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2010 | ||||
Jan 1968– 48-Month |
130.61" (3,317.49mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
2.24" (56.89mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: |
1958 |
52nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2010 | ||||
Jan 1967– 60-Month |
160.74" (4,082.80mm) | 160.36" (4,073.14mm) |
0.38" (9.66mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
63rd 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 28, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/rankings