Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, December 2015
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2015 1-Month |
4.71" (119.63mm) | 1.11" (28.19mm) |
3.60" (91.44mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 2002 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2015 2-Month |
8.79" (223.27mm) | 2.87" (72.90mm) |
5.92" (150.37mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 2015 3-Month |
10.55" (267.97mm) | 5.16" (131.06mm) |
5.39" (136.91mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1910 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1931 | 1931 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2015 4-Month |
14.73" (374.14mm) | 8.83" (224.28mm) |
5.90" (149.86mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1939, 1976 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1931 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 2015 5-Month |
20.02" (508.51mm) | 12.67" (321.82mm) |
7.35" (186.69mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2015 6-Month |
25.53" (648.46mm) | 16.52" (419.61mm) |
9.01" (228.85mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 2015 7-Month |
31.91" (810.51mm) | 21.15" (537.21mm) |
10.76" (273.30mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2015 8-Month |
36.97" (939.04mm) | 25.20" (640.08mm) |
11.77" (298.96mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1976 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2015 9-Month |
40.34" (1,024.64mm) | 28.15" (715.01mm) |
12.19" (309.63mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1910 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2015 10-Month |
40.90" (1,038.86mm) | 30.10" (764.54mm) |
10.80" (274.32mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1910 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2015 11-Month |
42.01" (1,067.05mm) | 31.12" (790.45mm) |
10.89" (276.60mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1910 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2015 12-Month |
42.53" (1,080.26mm) | 32.09" (815.09mm) |
10.44" (265.17mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1910 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jul 2014–Dec 2015 18-Month |
61.13" (1,552.70mm) | 48.69" (1,236.73mm) |
12.44" (315.97mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1956 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan 2014–Dec 2015 24-Month |
81.22" (2,062.99mm) | 64.24" (1,631.70mm) |
16.98" (431.29mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1989 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2013–Dec 2015 36-Month |
115.66" (2,937.76mm) | 96.36" (2,447.54mm) |
19.30" (490.22mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1957 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 2012–Dec 2015 48-Month |
141.27" (3,588.26mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
12.90" (327.66mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2014 | 1958 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 2011–Dec 2015 60-Month |
173.10" (4,396.74mm) | 160.36" (4,073.14mm) |
12.74" (323.60mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1956 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2010 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/