Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, March 1957
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 1957 1-Month |
1.88" (47.75mm) | 1.96" (49.78mm) |
-0.08" (-2.03mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1910 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1953 | 1990 | ||||
| Ties: 1927 | ||||||
|
Feb–Mar 1957 2-Month |
2.22" (56.39mm) | 2.97" (75.44mm) |
-0.75" (-19.05mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1910 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1951 | ||||
| Ties: 1932 | ||||||
|
Jan–Mar 1957 3-Month |
2.78" (70.61mm) | 3.95" (100.33mm) |
-1.17" (-29.72mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1968 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1951 | ||||
|
Dec 1956–Mar 1957 4-Month |
3.30" (83.82mm) | 5.05" (128.27mm) |
-1.75" (-44.45mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1973 | ||||
|
Nov 1956–Mar 1957 5-Month |
5.33" (135.38mm) | 6.79" (172.47mm) |
-1.46" (-37.09mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1954 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1956–Mar 1957 6-Month |
6.73" (170.94mm) | 9.11" (231.39mm) |
-2.38" (-60.45mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1932 | ||||
| Ties: 1904 | ||||||
|
Sep 1956–Mar 1957 7-Month |
8.27" (210.06mm) | 12.80" (325.12mm) |
-4.53" (-115.06mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1940 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1956–Mar 1957 8-Month |
12.76" (324.10mm) | 16.66" (423.16mm) |
-3.90" (-99.06mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1956–Mar 1957 9-Month |
17.28" (438.91mm) | 20.55" (521.97mm) |
-3.27" (-83.06mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1918 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1956–Mar 1957 10-Month |
19.88" (504.95mm) | 25.15" (638.81mm) |
-5.27" (-133.86mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1956–Mar 1957 11-Month |
23.16" (588.26mm) | 29.19" (741.43mm) |
-6.03" (-153.17mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1956–Mar 1957 12-Month |
25.14" (638.56mm) | 32.14" (816.36mm) |
-7.00" (-177.80mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1955–Mar 1957 18-Month |
29.27" (743.46mm) | 41.28" (1,048.51mm) |
-12.01" (-305.05mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1989 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 1994 | ||||
|
Apr 1955–Mar 1957 24-Month |
46.86" (1,190.24mm) | 64.26" (1,632.20mm) |
-17.40" (-441.96mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1957 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2020 | ||||
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Apr 1954–Mar 1957 36-Month |
80.79" (2,052.07mm) | 96.30" (2,446.02mm) |
-15.51" (-393.95mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1958 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 1953–Mar 1957 48-Month |
104.68" (2,658.87mm) | 128.27" (3,258.06mm) |
-23.59" (-599.19mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1957 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr 1952–Mar 1957 60-Month |
134.33" (3,411.98mm) | 160.30" (4,071.62mm) |
-25.97" (-659.64mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1957 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 18, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/