Climate at a Glance
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Iowa, Climate Division 9. Southeast
Precipitation Rankings, December 1953
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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December 1953 1-Month |
1.92" (48.77mm) | 1.51" (38.35mm) |
0.41" (10.42mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1976 |
43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2015 | ||||
Nov–Dec 1953 2-Month |
2.41" (61.21mm) | 3.62" (91.95mm) |
-1.21" (-30.74mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1976 |
90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 2016 | ||||||
Oct–Dec 1953 3-Month |
3.06" (77.72mm) | 6.23" (158.24mm) |
-3.17" (-80.52mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1910 |
115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1941 | ||||
Sep–Dec 1953 4-Month |
4.17" (105.92mm) | 10.15" (257.81mm) |
-5.98" (-151.89mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1950 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1961 | ||||
Aug–Dec 1953 5-Month |
5.02" (127.51mm) | 13.87" (352.30mm) |
-8.85" (-224.79mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1953 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1970 | ||||
Jul–Dec 1953 6-Month |
6.73" (170.94mm) | 17.85" (453.39mm) |
-11.12" (-282.45mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1953 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1902 | ||||
Jun–Dec 1953 7-Month |
10.63" (270.00mm) | 22.46" (570.48mm) |
-11.83" (-300.48mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1953 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1902 | ||||
May–Dec 1953 8-Month |
12.62" (320.55mm) | 26.50" (673.10mm) |
-13.88" (-352.55mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1953 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2010 | ||||
Apr–Dec 1953 9-Month |
14.88" (377.95mm) | 29.84" (757.94mm) |
-14.96" (-379.99mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1953 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2010 | ||||
Mar–Dec 1953 10-Month |
19.04" (483.62mm) | 32.19" (817.63mm) |
-13.15" (-334.01mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1901 | 1901 |
125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2010 | ||||
Feb–Dec 1953 11-Month |
21.49" (545.85mm) | 33.42" (848.87mm) |
-11.93" (-303.02mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1910 | 1901 |
123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2010 | ||||
Jan–Dec 1953 12-Month |
22.43" (569.72mm) | 34.75" (882.65mm) |
-12.32" (-312.93mm) | 4th Driest | Driest since: 1901 | 1901 |
124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2010 | ||||
Jul 1952–Dec 1953 18-Month |
37.04" (940.82mm) | 52.63" (1,336.80mm) |
-15.59" (-395.98mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2010 | ||||
Jan 1952–Dec 1953 24-Month |
55.19" (1,401.83mm) | 69.50" (1,765.30mm) |
-14.31" (-363.47mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1989 |
120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2010 | ||||
Jan 1951–Dec 1953 36-Month |
97.79" (2,483.87mm) | 104.23" (2,647.44mm) |
-6.44" (-163.57mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1989 |
96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2010 | ||||
Jan 1950–Dec 1953 48-Month |
125.83" (3,196.08mm) | 138.86" (3,527.04mm) |
-13.03" (-330.96mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1956 |
107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2010 | ||||
Jan 1949–Dec 1953 60-Month |
158.56" (4,027.42mm) | 173.41" (4,404.61mm) |
-14.85" (-377.19mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1956 |
110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2011 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Divisional Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/