Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, October 1939
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1939 1-Month |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 2.29" (58.17mm) |
-0.81" (-20.58mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1952 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1942, 1955 | ||||||
|
Sep–Oct 1939 2-Month |
2.32" (58.93mm) | 5.96" (151.38mm) |
-3.64" (-92.45mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest to Date | 1952 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1941 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1939 3-Month |
6.99" (177.55mm) | 9.80" (248.92mm) |
-2.81" (-71.37mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1930 | 1953 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1939 4-Month |
10.19" (258.83mm) | 13.66" (346.96mm) |
-3.47" (-88.13mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1930 | 1953, 1976 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1939 5-Month |
15.11" (383.79mm) | 18.29" (464.57mm) |
-3.18" (-80.78mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1976 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1939 6-Month |
17.15" (435.61mm) | 22.33" (567.18mm) |
-5.18" (-131.57mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1910 | 1976 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1939 7-Month |
19.15" (486.41mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
-6.13" (-155.70mm) | 11th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1988 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1939 8-Month |
20.78" (527.81mm) | 27.23" (691.64mm) |
-6.45" (-163.83mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1988 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 2012 | ||||||
|
Feb–Oct 1939 9-Month |
22.55" (572.77mm) | 28.25" (717.55mm) |
-5.70" (-144.78mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1988 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1939 10-Month |
23.41" (594.61mm) | 29.23" (742.44mm) |
-5.82" (-147.83mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1988 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 1938–Oct 1939 11-Month |
24.10" (612.14mm) | 30.33" (770.38mm) |
-6.23" (-158.24mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1988 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1938–Oct 1939 12-Month |
26.80" (680.72mm) | 32.07" (814.58mm) |
-5.27" (-133.86mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1956 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
May 1938–Oct 1939 18-Month |
51.73" (1,313.94mm) | 54.47" (1,383.54mm) |
-2.74" (-69.60mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1956 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1937–Oct 1939 24-Month |
61.18" (1,553.97mm) | 64.23" (1,631.44mm) |
-3.05" (-77.47mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1956 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1936–Oct 1939 36-Month |
89.40" (2,270.76mm) | 96.34" (2,447.04mm) |
-6.94" (-176.28mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1957 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2010 | ||||
|
Nov 1935–Oct 1939 48-Month |
116.40" (2,956.56mm) | 128.36" (3,260.34mm) |
-11.96" (-303.78mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1937 | 1958 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2010 | ||||
|
Nov 1934–Oct 1939 60-Month |
150.81" (3,830.57mm) | 160.34" (4,072.64mm) |
-9.53" (-242.07mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1938 | 1956 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 2010 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published December 2019, retrieved on December 13, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/