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 May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, August 1927
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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August 1927 1-Month |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 3.84" (97.54mm) |
-1.44" (-36.58mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1917 | 1984 |
109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1926 | 2007 | ||||
Ties: 1950 | ||||||
Jul–Aug 1927 2-Month |
4.32" (109.73mm) | 7.70" (195.58mm) |
-3.38" (-85.85mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1901 | 1947 |
118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1926 | 1993 | ||||
Jun–Aug 1927 3-Month |
6.56" (166.62mm) | 12.33" (313.18mm) |
-5.77" (-146.56mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1927 |
127th Wettest | Wettest since: 1926 | 1993 | ||||
May–Aug 1927 4-Month |
11.28" (286.51mm) | 16.38" (416.05mm) |
-5.10" (-129.54mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1910 | 1936 |
119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1926 | 1993 | ||||
Apr–Aug 1927 5-Month |
16.05" (407.67mm) | 19.32" (490.73mm) |
-3.27" (-83.06mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1936 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 1993 | ||||
Mar–Aug 1927 6-Month |
17.93" (455.42mm) | 21.28" (540.51mm) |
-3.35" (-85.09mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1936 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 1993 | ||||
Feb–Aug 1927 7-Month |
19.06" (484.12mm) | 22.29" (566.17mm) |
-3.23" (-82.05mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1988 |
103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 1993 | ||||
Jan–Aug 1927 8-Month |
19.35" (491.49mm) | 23.27" (591.06mm) |
-3.92" (-99.57mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1988 |
109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 1993 | ||||
Dec 1926–Aug 1927 9-Month |
20.40" (518.16mm) | 24.37" (619.00mm) |
-3.97" (-100.84mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1988 |
109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 1993 | ||||
Nov 1926–Aug 1927 10-Month |
22.51" (571.75mm) | 26.11" (663.19mm) |
-3.60" (-91.44mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1934 |
107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 1993 | ||||
Oct 1926–Aug 1927 11-Month |
24.05" (610.87mm) | 28.42" (721.87mm) |
-4.37" (-111.00mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1934 |
109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 1993 | ||||
Sep 1926–Aug 1927 12-Month |
33.61" (853.69mm) | 32.12" (815.85mm) |
1.49" (37.84mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1934 |
49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1920 | 1993 | ||||
Mar 1926–Aug 1927 18-Month |
49.94" (1,268.48mm) | 53.43" (1,357.12mm) |
-3.49" (-88.64mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1911 |
92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 1993 | ||||
Sep 1925–Aug 1927 24-Month |
61.68" (1,566.67mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
-2.60" (-66.04mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1934 |
78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 1993 | ||||
Sep 1924–Aug 1927 36-Month |
85.75" (2,178.05mm) | 96.39" (2,448.31mm) |
-10.64" (-270.26mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1957 |
113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1925 | 2010 | ||||
Sep 1923–Aug 1927 48-Month |
119.14" (3,026.16mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
-9.23" (-234.44mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1936 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1924 | 2010 | ||||
Sep 1922–Aug 1927 60-Month |
148.01" (3,759.45mm) | 160.37" (4,073.40mm) |
-12.36" (-313.95mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1926 | 1957 |
110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1925 | 2011 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/