Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, August 1973
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1973 1-Month |
2.74" (69.60mm) | 3.84" (97.54mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1984 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2007 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1973 2-Month |
7.96" (202.18mm) | 7.70" (195.58mm) |
0.26" (6.60mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1947 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1973 3-Month |
11.45" (290.83mm) | 12.33" (313.18mm) |
-0.88" (-22.35mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1927 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1973 4-Month |
17.49" (444.25mm) | 16.38" (416.05mm) |
1.11" (28.20mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1936 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1973 5-Month |
22.12" (561.85mm) | 19.32" (490.73mm) |
2.80" (71.12mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1936 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1973 6-Month |
26.09" (662.69mm) | 21.28" (540.51mm) |
4.81" (122.18mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1936 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1973 7-Month |
27.42" (696.47mm) | 22.29" (566.17mm) |
5.13" (130.30mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1988 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 2018 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 1973 8-Month |
29.15" (740.41mm) | 23.27" (591.06mm) |
5.88" (149.35mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1988 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 1972–Aug 1973 9-Month |
30.88" (784.35mm) | 24.37" (619.00mm) |
6.51" (165.35mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1988 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1972–Aug 1973 10-Month |
33.16" (842.26mm) | 26.11" (663.19mm) |
7.05" (179.07mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1934 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1993 | ||||
|
Oct 1972–Aug 1973 11-Month |
36.26" (921.00mm) | 28.42" (721.87mm) |
7.84" (199.13mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1934 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1972–Aug 1973 12-Month |
41.87" (1,063.50mm) | 32.12" (815.85mm) |
9.75" (247.65mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1934 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar 1972–Aug 1973 18-Month |
65.02" (1,651.51mm) | 53.43" (1,357.12mm) |
11.59" (294.39mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1911 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1971–Aug 1973 24-Month |
77.18" (1,960.37mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
12.90" (327.66mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1934 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1970–Aug 1973 36-Month |
108.68" (2,760.47mm) | 96.39" (2,448.31mm) |
12.29" (312.16mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1957 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2010 | ||||
|
Sep 1969–Aug 1973 48-Month |
136.91" (3,477.51mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
8.54" (216.91mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1936 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 2010 | ||||
|
Sep 1968–Aug 1973 60-Month |
175.41" (4,455.41mm) | 160.37" (4,073.40mm) |
15.04" (382.01mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1957 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/