Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, December 1978
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1978 1-Month |
1.02" (25.91mm) | 1.11" (28.19mm) |
-0.09" (-2.28mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 2002 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1916 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1978 2-Month |
3.43" (87.12mm) | 2.87" (72.90mm) |
0.56" (14.22mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1976 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1978 3-Month |
4.74" (120.40mm) | 5.16" (131.06mm) |
-0.42" (-10.66mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1910 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1931 | ||||
| Ties: 1912, 1930, 1942 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1978 4-Month |
10.25" (260.35mm) | 8.83" (224.28mm) |
1.42" (36.07mm) | 87th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1939, 1976 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1931 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1978 5-Month |
13.54" (343.92mm) | 12.67" (321.82mm) |
0.87" (22.10mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1976 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1978 6-Month |
19.41" (493.01mm) | 16.52" (419.61mm) |
2.89" (73.40mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1976 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1978 7-Month |
23.66" (600.96mm) | 21.15" (537.21mm) |
2.51" (63.75mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1976 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1978 8-Month |
27.42" (696.47mm) | 25.20" (640.08mm) |
2.22" (56.39mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1976 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1993 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1978 9-Month |
32.06" (814.32mm) | 28.15" (715.01mm) |
3.91" (99.31mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1910 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1993 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1978 10-Month |
32.77" (832.36mm) | 30.10" (764.54mm) |
2.67" (67.82mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1910 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1993 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1978 11-Month |
33.55" (852.17mm) | 31.12" (790.45mm) |
2.43" (61.72mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1910 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1978 12-Month |
34.14" (867.16mm) | 32.09" (815.09mm) |
2.05" (52.07mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1976 | 1910 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jul 1977–Dec 1978 18-Month |
57.85" (1,469.39mm) | 48.69" (1,236.73mm) |
9.16" (232.66mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1956 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 1993 | ||||
|
Jan 1977–Dec 1978 24-Month |
70.73" (1,796.54mm) | 64.24" (1,631.70mm) |
6.49" (164.84mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1989 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1976–Dec 1978 36-Month |
94.33" (2,395.98mm) | 96.36" (2,447.54mm) |
-2.03" (-51.56mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1957 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1975–Dec 1978 48-Month |
124.40" (3,159.76mm) | 128.37" (3,260.60mm) |
-3.97" (-100.84mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1977 | 1958 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jan 1974–Dec 1978 60-Month |
156.38" (3,972.05mm) | 160.36" (4,073.14mm) |
-3.98" (-101.09mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1956 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1977 | 2010 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published March 2020, retrieved on March 29, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/