Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, December 1971
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1971 1-Month |
1.87" (47.50mm) | 1.11" (28.19mm) |
0.76" (19.31mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 2002 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1968 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1971 2-Month |
4.95" (125.73mm) | 2.87" (72.90mm) |
2.08" (52.83mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1976 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1934 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1971 3-Month |
8.56" (217.42mm) | 5.16" (131.06mm) |
3.40" (86.36mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1910 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1931 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1971 4-Month |
10.98" (278.89mm) | 8.83" (224.28mm) |
2.15" (54.61mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1939, 1976 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1931 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1971 5-Month |
12.22" (310.39mm) | 12.67" (321.82mm) |
-0.45" (-11.43mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1976 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1971 6-Month |
15.65" (397.51mm) | 16.52" (419.61mm) |
-0.87" (-22.10mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1976 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1971 7-Month |
20.15" (511.81mm) | 21.15" (537.21mm) |
-1.00" (-25.40mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1976 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1911 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1971 8-Month |
23.72" (602.49mm) | 25.20" (640.08mm) |
-1.48" (-37.59mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1976 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1971 9-Month |
25.09" (637.29mm) | 28.15" (715.01mm) |
-3.06" (-77.72mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1910 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1971 10-Month |
26.00" (660.40mm) | 30.10" (764.54mm) |
-4.10" (-104.14mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1910 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1971 11-Month |
28.42" (721.87mm) | 31.12" (790.45mm) |
-2.70" (-68.58mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1910 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1971 12-Month |
29.51" (749.55mm) | 32.09" (815.09mm) |
-2.58" (-65.54mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1910 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 1952 | ||||||
|
Jul 1970–Dec 1971 18-Month |
50.00" (1,270.00mm) | 48.69" (1,236.73mm) |
1.31" (33.27mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1956 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan 1970–Dec 1971 24-Month |
63.03" (1,600.96mm) | 64.24" (1,631.70mm) |
-1.21" (-30.74mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1989 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1971 36-Month |
97.81" (2,484.37mm) | 96.36" (2,447.54mm) |
1.45" (36.83mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1957 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1968–Dec 1971 48-Month |
130.61" (3,317.49mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
2.24" (56.89mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1958 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1970 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1967–Dec 1971 60-Month |
160.74" (4,082.80mm) | 160.36" (4,073.14mm) |
0.38" (9.66mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1970 | 1956 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 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/