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, January 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
January 2016 1-Month |
0.59" (14.99mm) | 0.98" (24.89mm) |
-0.39" (-9.90mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1981 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1949 | ||||
| Ties: 1978 | ||||||
|
Dec 2015–Jan 2016 2-Month |
5.30" (134.62mm) | 2.08" (52.83mm) |
3.22" (81.79mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2003 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Jan 2016 3-Month |
9.38" (238.25mm) | 3.82" (97.03mm) |
5.56" (141.22mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 2003 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 1932 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–Jan 2016 4-Month |
11.14" (282.96mm) | 6.13" (155.70mm) |
5.01" (127.26mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1911 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 1932 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Jan 2016 5-Month |
15.32" (389.13mm) | 9.83" (249.68mm) |
5.49" (139.45mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1962 | 1932 | ||||
|
Aug 2015–Jan 2016 6-Month |
20.61" (523.49mm) | 13.69" (347.73mm) |
6.92" (175.76mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2015–Jan 2016 7-Month |
26.12" (663.45mm) | 17.57" (446.28mm) |
8.55" (217.17mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–Jan 2016 8-Month |
32.50" (825.50mm) | 22.18" (563.37mm) |
10.32" (262.13mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2015–Jan 2016 9-Month |
37.56" (954.02mm) | 26.22" (665.99mm) |
11.34" (288.03mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1994 | ||||
|
Apr 2015–Jan 2016 10-Month |
40.93" (1,039.62mm) | 29.17" (740.92mm) |
11.76" (298.70mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1911 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1994 | ||||
|
Mar 2015–Jan 2016 11-Month |
41.49" (1,053.85mm) | 31.14" (790.96mm) |
10.35" (262.89mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1911 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1994 | ||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2016 12-Month |
42.60" (1,082.04mm) | 32.15" (816.61mm) |
10.45" (265.43mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1911 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1994 | ||||
|
Aug 2014–Jan 2016 18-Month |
58.42" (1,483.87mm) | 45.86" (1,164.84mm) |
12.56" (319.03mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1957 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2014–Jan 2016 24-Month |
81.38" (2,067.05mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
17.10" (434.34mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1990 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2013–Jan 2016 36-Month |
115.30" (2,928.62mm) | 96.29" (2,445.77mm) |
19.01" (482.85mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1958 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 2012–Jan 2016 48-Month |
141.29" (3,588.77mm) | 128.27" (3,258.06mm) |
13.02" (330.71mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1959 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 2011–Jan 2016 60-Month |
172.75" (4,387.85mm) | 160.30" (4,071.62mm) |
12.45" (316.23mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1957 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/