Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, January 2019
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 2019 1-Month |
1.28" (32.51mm) | 0.98" (24.89mm) |
0.30" (7.62mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1981 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 1949 | ||||
|
Dec 2018–Jan 2019 2-Month |
3.38" (85.85mm) | 2.08" (52.83mm) |
1.30" (33.02mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2003 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Jan 2019 3-Month |
5.19" (131.83mm) | 3.82" (97.03mm) |
1.37" (34.80mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 2003 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1932 | ||||
|
Oct 2018–Jan 2019 4-Month |
9.82" (249.43mm) | 6.13" (155.70mm) |
3.69" (93.73mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1911 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1932 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Jan 2019 5-Month |
17.92" (455.17mm) | 9.83" (249.68mm) |
8.09" (205.49mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 1932 | ||||
|
Aug 2018–Jan 2019 6-Month |
24.34" (618.24mm) | 13.69" (347.73mm) |
10.65" (270.51mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2018–Jan 2019 7-Month |
27.73" (704.34mm) | 17.57" (446.28mm) |
10.16" (258.06mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2018–Jan 2019 8-Month |
35.28" (896.11mm) | 22.18" (563.37mm) |
13.10" (332.74mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2018–Jan 2019 9-Month |
39.98" (1,015.49mm) | 26.22" (665.99mm) |
13.76" (349.50mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1994 | ||||
|
Apr 2018–Jan 2019 10-Month |
41.52" (1,054.61mm) | 29.17" (740.92mm) |
12.35" (313.69mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1911 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1994 | ||||
|
Mar 2018–Jan 2019 11-Month |
43.80" (1,112.52mm) | 31.14" (790.96mm) |
12.66" (321.56mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1911 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1994 | ||||
|
Feb 2018–Jan 2019 12-Month |
45.34" (1,151.64mm) | 32.15" (816.61mm) |
13.19" (335.03mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1911 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1994 | ||||
|
Aug 2017–Jan 2019 18-Month |
58.56" (1,487.42mm) | 45.86" (1,164.84mm) |
12.70" (322.58mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2020 | ||||
| Ties: 2008 | ||||||
|
Feb 2017–Jan 2019 24-Month |
77.16" (1,959.86mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
12.88" (327.15mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1990 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2020 | ||||
|
Feb 2016–Jan 2019 36-Month |
116.23" (2,952.24mm) | 96.29" (2,445.77mm) |
19.94" (506.47mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1958 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 2021 | ||||||
|
Feb 2015–Jan 2019 48-Month |
158.83" (4,034.28mm) | 128.27" (3,258.06mm) |
30.56" (776.22mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1959 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 2014–Jan 2019 60-Month |
197.61" (5,019.29mm) | 160.30" (4,071.62mm) |
37.31" (947.67mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1957 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/