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 April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, October 1950
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
October 1950 1-Month |
1.26" (32.00mm) | 2.29" (58.17mm) |
-1.03" (-26.17mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1952 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 1950 2-Month |
3.35" (85.09mm) | 5.96" (151.38mm) |
-2.61" (-66.29mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1952 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1941 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 1950 3-Month |
5.75" (146.05mm) | 9.80" (248.92mm) |
-4.05" (-102.87mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1953 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 1950 4-Month |
10.22" (259.59mm) | 13.66" (346.96mm) |
-3.44" (-87.37mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1953, 1976 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 1950 5-Month |
15.98" (405.89mm) | 18.29" (464.57mm) |
-2.31" (-58.68mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1976 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1993 | ||||
|
May–Oct 1950 6-Month |
20.87" (530.10mm) | 22.33" (567.18mm) |
-1.46" (-37.08mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1976 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 1950 7-Month |
23.64" (600.46mm) | 25.28" (642.11mm) |
-1.64" (-41.65mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1988 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 1950 8-Month |
24.67" (626.62mm) | 27.23" (691.64mm) |
-2.56" (-65.02mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1988 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 1950 9-Month |
26.20" (665.48mm) | 28.25" (717.55mm) |
-2.05" (-52.07mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1988 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 1950 10-Month |
27.70" (703.58mm) | 29.23" (742.44mm) |
-1.53" (-38.86mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1988 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Dec 1949–Oct 1950 11-Month |
28.79" (731.27mm) | 30.33" (770.38mm) |
-1.54" (-39.11mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1988 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1949–Oct 1950 12-Month |
29.29" (743.97mm) | 32.07" (814.58mm) |
-2.78" (-70.61mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1956 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1993 | ||||
|
May 1949–Oct 1950 18-Month |
48.48" (1,231.39mm) | 54.47" (1,383.54mm) |
-5.99" (-152.15mm) | 20th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1956 |
| 107th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1948–Oct 1950 24-Month |
60.26" (1,530.60mm) | 64.23" (1,631.44mm) |
-3.97" (-100.84mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1956 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1993 | ||||
|
Nov 1947–Oct 1950 36-Month |
87.71" (2,227.83mm) | 96.34" (2,447.04mm) |
-8.63" (-219.21mm) | 13th Driest | Driest since: 1936 | 1957 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2010 | ||||
|
Nov 1946–Oct 1950 48-Month |
121.17" (3,077.72mm) | 128.36" (3,260.34mm) |
-7.19" (-182.62mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1958 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2010 | ||||
|
Nov 1945–Oct 1950 60-Month |
156.92" (3,985.77mm) | 160.34" (4,072.64mm) |
-3.42" (-86.87mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1956 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2010 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 17, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/