Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, December 1946
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1946 1-Month |
0.62" (15.75mm) | 1.11" (28.19mm) |
-0.49" (-12.44mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 2002 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1960, 2013 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1946 2-Month |
2.35" (59.69mm) | 2.87" (72.90mm) |
-0.52" (-13.21mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1976 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1946 3-Month |
5.66" (143.76mm) | 5.16" (131.06mm) |
0.50" (12.70mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1910 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1931 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1946 4-Month |
10.68" (271.27mm) | 8.83" (224.28mm) |
1.85" (46.99mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1939, 1976 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1931 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1946 5-Month |
14.28" (362.71mm) | 12.67" (321.82mm) |
1.61" (40.89mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1976 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1946 6-Month |
16.76" (425.70mm) | 16.52" (419.61mm) |
0.24" (6.09mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1976 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1946 7-Month |
23.01" (584.45mm) | 21.15" (537.21mm) |
1.86" (47.24mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1976 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1942 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1946 8-Month |
27.53" (699.26mm) | 25.20" (640.08mm) |
2.33" (59.18mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1976 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1946 9-Month |
28.67" (728.22mm) | 28.15" (715.01mm) |
0.52" (13.21mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1910 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1946 10-Month |
32.70" (830.58mm) | 30.10" (764.54mm) |
2.60" (66.04mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1910 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1946 11-Month |
33.07" (839.98mm) | 31.12" (790.45mm) |
1.95" (49.53mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1910 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1946 12-Month |
34.86" (885.44mm) | 32.09" (815.09mm) |
2.77" (70.35mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1910 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jul 1945–Dec 1946 18-Month |
48.90" (1,242.06mm) | 48.69" (1,236.73mm) |
0.21" (5.33mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1956 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan 1945–Dec 1946 24-Month |
69.07" (1,754.38mm) | 64.24" (1,631.70mm) |
4.83" (122.68mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1989 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1944–Dec 1946 36-Month |
105.73" (2,685.54mm) | 96.36" (2,447.54mm) |
9.37" (238.00mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1957 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1909 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1943–Dec 1946 48-Month |
136.82" (3,475.23mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
8.45" (214.63mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1958 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1909 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1942–Dec 1946 60-Month |
169.40" (4,302.76mm) | 160.36" (4,073.14mm) |
9.04" (229.62mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1956 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2010 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 23, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/