Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, August 1987
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1987 1-Month |
7.66" (194.56mm) | 3.84" (97.54mm) |
3.82" (97.02mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1984 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2007 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1987 2-Month |
12.87" (326.90mm) | 7.70" (195.58mm) |
5.17" (131.32mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1947 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1902 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1987 3-Month |
15.41" (391.41mm) | 12.33" (313.18mm) |
3.08" (78.23mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1927 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1981 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1987 4-Month |
19.38" (492.25mm) | 16.38" (416.05mm) |
3.00" (76.20mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1936 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1987 5-Month |
21.30" (541.02mm) | 19.32" (490.73mm) |
1.98" (50.29mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1936 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1987 6-Month |
24.47" (621.54mm) | 21.28" (540.51mm) |
3.19" (81.03mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1936 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1987 7-Month |
24.73" (628.14mm) | 22.29" (566.17mm) |
2.44" (61.97mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1988 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1987 8-Month |
25.05" (636.27mm) | 23.27" (591.06mm) |
1.78" (45.21mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1988 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 1986–Aug 1987 9-Month |
25.86" (656.84mm) | 24.37" (619.00mm) |
1.49" (37.84mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1988 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1986–Aug 1987 10-Month |
27.01" (686.05mm) | 26.11" (663.19mm) |
0.90" (22.86mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Oct 1986–Aug 1987 11-Month |
30.78" (781.81mm) | 28.42" (721.87mm) |
2.36" (59.94mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1986–Aug 1987 12-Month |
37.57" (954.28mm) | 32.12" (815.85mm) |
5.45" (138.43mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1934 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar 1986–Aug 1987 18-Month |
63.49" (1,612.65mm) | 53.43" (1,357.12mm) |
10.06" (255.53mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1911 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1985–Aug 1987 24-Month |
76.93" (1,954.02mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
12.65" (321.31mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1934 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1984–Aug 1987 36-Month |
107.56" (2,732.02mm) | 96.39" (2,448.31mm) |
11.17" (283.71mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1957 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2010 | ||||
|
Sep 1983–Aug 1987 48-Month |
146.28" (3,715.51mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
17.91" (454.91mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1936 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2010 | ||||
|
Sep 1982–Aug 1987 60-Month |
182.61" (4,638.29mm) | 160.37" (4,073.40mm) |
22.24" (564.89mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1957 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2011 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on July 1, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/