Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, October 2008
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 2008 1-Month |
3.26" (82.80mm) | 2.29" (58.17mm) |
0.97" (24.63mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1952 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2008 2-Month |
7.42" (188.47mm) | 5.96" (151.38mm) |
1.46" (37.09mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1952 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1941 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2008 3-Month |
9.38" (238.25mm) | 9.80" (248.92mm) |
-0.42" (-10.67mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1953 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2008 4-Month |
15.26" (387.60mm) | 13.66" (346.96mm) |
1.60" (40.64mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1953, 1976 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2008 5-Month |
24.14" (613.16mm) | 18.29" (464.57mm) |
5.85" (148.59mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1976 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2008 6-Month |
29.81" (757.17mm) | 22.33" (567.18mm) |
7.48" (189.99mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1976 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2008 7-Month |
35.67" (906.02mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
10.39" (263.91mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1988 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2008 8-Month |
36.93" (938.02mm) | 27.23" (691.64mm) |
9.70" (246.38mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1988 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2008 9-Month |
38.64" (981.46mm) | 28.25" (717.55mm) |
10.39" (263.91mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1988 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2008 10-Month |
39.32" (998.73mm) | 29.23" (742.44mm) |
10.09" (256.29mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1988 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 2007–Oct 2008 11-Month |
41.76" (1,060.70mm) | 30.33" (770.38mm) |
11.43" (290.32mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1988 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 2007–Oct 2008 12-Month |
41.94" (1,065.28mm) | 32.07" (814.58mm) |
9.87" (250.70mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1956 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 1993 | ||||
|
May 2007–Oct 2008 18-Month |
71.71" (1,821.43mm) | 54.47" (1,383.54mm) |
17.24" (437.89mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1956 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 2006–Oct 2008 24-Month |
85.59" (2,173.99mm) | 64.23" (1,631.44mm) |
21.36" (542.55mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1956 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 2005–Oct 2008 36-Month |
117.05" (2,973.07mm) | 96.34" (2,447.04mm) |
20.71" (526.03mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1957 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2010 | ||||
|
Nov 2004–Oct 2008 48-Month |
146.76" (3,727.70mm) | 128.36" (3,260.34mm) |
18.40" (467.36mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1958 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2010 | ||||
|
Nov 2003–Oct 2008 60-Month |
184.12" (4,676.65mm) | 160.34" (4,072.64mm) |
23.78" (604.01mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1956 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2010 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/