Climate at a Glance
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Iowa, Climate Division 4. West Central
Precipitation Rankings, December 1956
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1956 1-Month |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 0.89" (22.61mm) |
-0.62" (-15.75mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 2002 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1950, 1962 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1956 2-Month |
3.02" (76.71mm) | 2.33" (59.18mm) |
0.69" (17.53mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 2002 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1968 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1956 3-Month |
4.57" (116.08mm) | 4.40" (111.76mm) |
0.17" (4.32mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1955 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1909 | ||||
| Ties: 2016 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1956 4-Month |
6.62" (168.15mm) | 7.80" (198.12mm) |
-1.18" (-29.97mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1931 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1956 5-Month |
10.75" (273.05mm) | 11.51" (292.35mm) |
-0.76" (-19.30mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1913 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1956 6-Month |
14.34" (364.24mm) | 15.18" (385.57mm) |
-0.84" (-21.33mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1956 7-Month |
17.30" (439.42mm) | 19.81" (503.17mm) |
-2.51" (-63.75mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1956 8-Month |
20.62" (523.75mm) | 23.78" (604.01mm) |
-3.16" (-80.26mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1956 9-Month |
22.21" (564.13mm) | 26.51" (673.35mm) |
-4.30" (-109.22mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1956 10-Month |
22.54" (572.52mm) | 28.25" (717.55mm) |
-5.71" (-145.03mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1936 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1956 11-Month |
22.87" (580.90mm) | 29.18" (741.17mm) |
-6.31" (-160.27mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1936 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1956 12-Month |
23.32" (592.33mm) | 29.99" (761.75mm) |
-6.67" (-169.42mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1976 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jul 1955–Dec 1956 18-Month |
32.60" (828.04mm) | 45.28" (1,150.11mm) |
-12.68" (-322.07mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1976 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan 1955–Dec 1956 24-Month |
42.83" (1,087.88mm) | 60.11" (1,526.79mm) |
-17.28" (-438.91mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2015 | ||||
|
Jan 1954–Dec 1956 36-Month |
75.34" (1,913.64mm) | 90.18" (2,290.57mm) |
-14.84" (-376.93mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1935 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2016 | ||||
|
Jan 1953–Dec 1956 48-Month |
98.72" (2,507.49mm) | 120.13" (3,051.30mm) |
-21.41" (-543.81mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1936 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan 1952–Dec 1956 60-Month |
130.60" (3,317.24mm) | 150.08" (3,812.03mm) |
-19.48" (-494.79mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1937 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2018 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 15, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/