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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, January 1916
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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January 1916 1-Month |
2.46" (62.48mm) | 0.98" (24.89mm) |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1981 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1949 | ||||
Dec 1915–Jan 1916 2-Month |
3.12" (79.25mm) | 2.08" (52.83mm) |
1.04" (26.42mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 2003 |
15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1910 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 2008 | ||||||
Nov 1915–Jan 1916 3-Month |
5.02" (127.51mm) | 3.82" (97.03mm) |
1.20" (30.48mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 2003 |
27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1910 | 1932 | ||||
Oct 1915–Jan 1916 4-Month |
6.30" (160.02mm) | 6.13" (155.70mm) |
0.17" (4.32mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1911 |
58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1932 | ||||
Sep 1915–Jan 1916 5-Month |
12.38" (314.45mm) | 9.83" (249.68mm) |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1977 |
28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 1932 | ||||
Aug 1915–Jan 1916 6-Month |
15.20" (386.08mm) | 13.69" (347.73mm) |
1.51" (38.35mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1914 | 1977 |
44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1915 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1979 | ||||||
Jul 1915–Jan 1916 7-Month |
23.26" (590.80mm) | 17.57" (446.28mm) |
5.69" (144.52mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1977 |
15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 2019 | ||||
Jun 1915–Jan 1916 8-Month |
27.36" (694.94mm) | 22.18" (563.37mm) |
5.18" (131.57mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1977 |
18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1910 | 2019 | ||||
May 1915–Jan 1916 9-Month |
34.71" (881.63mm) | 26.22" (665.99mm) |
8.49" (215.64mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1977 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1994 | ||||
Apr 1915–Jan 1916 10-Month |
36.03" (915.16mm) | 29.17" (740.92mm) |
6.86" (174.24mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1911 |
17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1910 | 1994 | ||||
Mar 1915–Jan 1916 11-Month |
36.95" (938.53mm) | 31.14" (790.96mm) |
5.81" (147.57mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1911 |
24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1910 | 1994 | ||||
Feb 1915–Jan 1916 12-Month |
39.81" (1,011.17mm) | 32.15" (816.61mm) |
7.66" (194.56mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1911 |
14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1903 | 1994 | ||||
Ties: 1999 | ||||||
Aug 1914–Jan 1916 18-Month |
55.86" (1,418.84mm) | 45.86" (1,164.84mm) |
10.00" (254.00mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1957 |
11th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Feb 1914–Jan 1916 24-Month |
72.23" (1,834.64mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
7.95" (201.93mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1990 |
23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1910 | 2020 | ||||
Feb 1913–Jan 1916 36-Month |
102.36" (2,599.94mm) | 96.29" (2,445.77mm) |
6.07" (154.17mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1958 |
33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1910 | 2011 | ||||
Feb 1912–Jan 1916 48-Month |
131.07" (3,329.18mm) | 128.27" (3,258.06mm) |
2.80" (71.12mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1959 |
52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1910 | 2011 | ||||
Feb 1911–Jan 1916 60-Month |
162.35" (4,123.69mm) | 160.30" (4,071.62mm) |
2.05" (52.07mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1915 | 1957 |
57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1910 | 2011 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 21, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/