Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, August 1949
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1949 1-Month |
2.29" (58.17mm) | 3.84" (97.54mm) |
-1.55" (-39.37mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1984 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2007 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1949 2-Month |
5.85" (148.59mm) | 7.70" (195.58mm) |
-1.85" (-46.99mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1947 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1949 3-Month |
11.40" (289.56mm) | 12.33" (313.18mm) |
-0.93" (-23.62mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1927 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1949 4-Month |
14.07" (357.38mm) | 16.38" (416.05mm) |
-2.31" (-58.67mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1936 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1949 5-Month |
15.38" (390.65mm) | 19.32" (490.73mm) |
-3.94" (-100.08mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1936 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1949 6-Month |
17.86" (453.64mm) | 21.28" (540.51mm) |
-3.42" (-86.87mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1936 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1949 7-Month |
18.75" (476.25mm) | 22.29" (566.17mm) |
-3.54" (-89.92mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1988 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1949 8-Month |
21.45" (544.83mm) | 23.27" (591.06mm) |
-1.82" (-46.23mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1988 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 1948–Aug 1949 9-Month |
23.13" (587.50mm) | 24.37" (619.00mm) |
-1.24" (-31.50mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1988 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1948–Aug 1949 10-Month |
25.85" (656.59mm) | 26.11" (663.19mm) |
-0.26" (-6.60mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Oct 1948–Aug 1949 11-Month |
27.77" (705.36mm) | 28.42" (721.87mm) |
-0.65" (-16.51mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1948–Aug 1949 12-Month |
29.80" (756.92mm) | 32.12" (815.85mm) |
-2.32" (-58.93mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
| Ties: 2006 | ||||||
|
Mar 1948–Aug 1949 18-Month |
47.72" (1,212.09mm) | 53.43" (1,357.12mm) |
-5.71" (-145.03mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1911 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1947–Aug 1949 24-Month |
59.14" (1,502.16mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
-5.14" (-130.55mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1934 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1993 | ||||
|
Sep 1946–Aug 1949 36-Month |
95.09" (2,415.29mm) | 96.39" (2,448.31mm) |
-1.30" (-33.02mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1957 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2010 | ||||
|
Sep 1945–Aug 1949 48-Month |
127.06" (3,227.32mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
-1.31" (-33.28mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1942 | 1936 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2010 | ||||
|
Sep 1944–Aug 1949 60-Month |
159.65" (4,055.11mm) | 160.37" (4,073.40mm) |
-0.72" (-18.29mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1957 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/