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 October 2019. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, May 1953
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 1953 1-Month |
2.37" (60.20mm) | 4.05" (102.87mm) |
-1.68" (-42.67mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2013 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1953 2-Month |
5.53" (140.46mm) | 6.99" (177.55mm) |
-1.46" (-37.09mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1934 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2013 | ||||
|
Mar–May 1953 3-Month |
8.45" (214.63mm) | 8.95" (227.33mm) |
-0.50" (-12.70mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1934 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2013 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1953 4-Month |
10.11" (256.79mm) | 9.96" (252.98mm) |
0.15" (3.81mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1934 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2013 | ||||
|
Jan–May 1953 5-Month |
10.85" (275.59mm) | 10.94" (277.88mm) |
-0.09" (-2.29mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1934 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2013 | ||||
|
Dec 1952–May 1953 6-Month |
12.03" (305.56mm) | 12.04" (305.82mm) |
-0.01" (-0.26mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1934 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2013 | ||||
|
Nov 1952–May 1953 7-Month |
14.76" (374.90mm) | 13.78" (350.01mm) |
0.98" (24.89mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1934 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1951 | 2013 | ||||
|
Oct 1952–May 1953 8-Month |
14.78" (375.41mm) | 16.10" (408.94mm) |
-1.32" (-33.53mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1934 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1943 | ||||||
|
Sep 1952–May 1953 9-Month |
15.63" (397.00mm) | 19.79" (502.67mm) |
-4.16" (-105.67mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1934 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1952–May 1953 10-Month |
20.32" (516.13mm) | 23.65" (600.71mm) |
-3.33" (-84.58mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1940 | 1934 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1952–May 1953 11-Month |
24.10" (612.14mm) | 27.54" (699.52mm) |
-3.44" (-87.38mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1934 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1952–May 1953 12-Month |
29.49" (749.05mm) | 32.14" (816.36mm) |
-2.65" (-67.31mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1934 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1951–May 1953 18-Month |
41.33" (1,049.78mm) | 44.20" (1,122.68mm) |
-2.87" (-72.90mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1949 | 1934 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1951–May 1953 24-Month |
65.25" (1,657.35mm) | 64.29" (1,632.97mm) |
0.96" (24.38mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1957 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jun 1950–May 1953 36-Month |
99.63" (2,530.60mm) | 96.33" (2,446.78mm) |
3.30" (83.82mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1958 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jun 1949–May 1953 48-Month |
129.46" (3,288.28mm) | 128.31" (3,259.07mm) |
1.15" (29.21mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1957 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jun 1948–May 1953 60-Month |
158.30" (4,020.82mm) | 160.32" (4,072.13mm) |
-2.02" (-51.31mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1958 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published November 2019, retrieved on November 13, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/