Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, December 1947
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1947 1-Month |
1.45" (36.83mm) | 1.11" (28.19mm) |
0.34" (8.64mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 2002 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1895, 1906 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1947 2-Month |
3.33" (84.58mm) | 2.87" (72.90mm) |
0.46" (11.68mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1976 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1947 3-Month |
7.07" (179.58mm) | 5.16" (131.06mm) |
1.91" (48.52mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1910 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1931 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1947 4-Month |
9.17" (232.92mm) | 8.83" (224.28mm) |
0.34" (8.64mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1939, 1976 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1931 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1947 5-Month |
10.67" (271.02mm) | 12.67" (321.82mm) |
-2.00" (-50.80mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1976 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1947 6-Month |
12.32" (312.93mm) | 16.52" (419.61mm) |
-4.20" (-106.68mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1939 | 1976 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1947 7-Month |
22.22" (564.39mm) | 21.15" (537.21mm) |
1.07" (27.18mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1976 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1947 8-Month |
26.45" (671.83mm) | 25.20" (640.08mm) |
1.25" (31.75mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1976 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1947 9-Month |
31.36" (796.54mm) | 28.15" (715.01mm) |
3.21" (81.53mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1910 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1947 10-Month |
32.71" (830.83mm) | 30.10" (764.54mm) |
2.61" (66.29mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1910 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1947 11-Month |
33.01" (838.45mm) | 31.12" (790.45mm) |
1.89" (48.00mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1910 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 1969 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1947 12-Month |
34.44" (874.78mm) | 32.09" (815.09mm) |
2.35" (59.69mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1910 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 2013 | ||||||
|
Jul 1946–Dec 1947 18-Month |
51.20" (1,300.48mm) | 48.69" (1,236.73mm) |
2.51" (63.75mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1956 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan 1946–Dec 1947 24-Month |
69.30" (1,760.22mm) | 64.24" (1,631.70mm) |
5.06" (128.52mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1989 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1945–Dec 1947 36-Month |
103.51" (2,629.15mm) | 96.36" (2,447.54mm) |
7.15" (181.61mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1957 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1944–Dec 1947 48-Month |
140.17" (3,560.32mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
11.80" (299.72mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1958 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1905 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1943–Dec 1947 60-Month |
171.26" (4,350.00mm) | 160.36" (4,073.14mm) |
10.90" (276.86mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1956 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1909 | 2010 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2022, retrieved on January 20, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/