Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, February 2016
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
February 2016 1-Month |
0.88" (22.35mm) | 1.02" (25.91mm) |
-0.14" (-3.56mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1970 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 1897 | ||||||
|
Jan–Feb 2016 2-Month |
1.47" (37.34mm) | 1.99" (50.55mm) |
-0.52" (-13.21mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 2009 | 1970 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1915 | ||||
| Ties: 2009 | ||||||
|
Dec 2015–Feb 2016 3-Month |
6.18" (156.97mm) | 3.09" (78.49mm) |
3.09" (78.48mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1964 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 2015–Feb 2016 4-Month |
10.26" (260.60mm) | 4.84" (122.94mm) |
5.42" (137.66mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1932 | 1932 | ||||
|
Oct 2015–Feb 2016 5-Month |
12.02" (305.31mm) | 7.15" (181.61mm) |
4.87" (123.70mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 1932 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Feb 2016 6-Month |
16.20" (411.48mm) | 10.85" (275.59mm) |
5.35" (135.89mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 1932 | ||||
|
Aug 2015–Feb 2016 7-Month |
21.49" (545.85mm) | 14.71" (373.63mm) |
6.78" (172.22mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2015–Feb 2016 8-Month |
27.00" (685.80mm) | 18.59" (472.19mm) |
8.41" (213.61mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2015–Feb 2016 9-Month |
33.38" (847.85mm) | 23.19" (589.03mm) |
10.19" (258.82mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2015–Feb 2016 10-Month |
38.44" (976.38mm) | 27.24" (691.90mm) |
11.20" (284.48mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2015–Feb 2016 11-Month |
41.81" (1,061.97mm) | 30.19" (766.83mm) |
11.62" (295.14mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1977 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1994 | ||||
|
Mar 2015–Feb 2016 12-Month |
42.37" (1,076.20mm) | 32.15" (816.61mm) |
10.22" (259.59mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1989 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1994 | ||||
|
Sep 2014–Feb 2016 18-Month |
53.38" (1,355.85mm) | 43.01" (1,092.45mm) |
10.37" (263.40mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1957 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1994 | ||||
|
Mar 2014–Feb 2016 24-Month |
80.76" (2,051.30mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
16.48" (418.59mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1957 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2013–Feb 2016 36-Month |
114.91" (2,918.71mm) | 96.29" (2,445.77mm) |
18.62" (472.94mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1958 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar 2012–Feb 2016 48-Month |
140.49" (3,568.45mm) | 128.28" (3,258.31mm) |
12.21" (310.14mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 2015 | 1959 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar 2011–Feb 2016 60-Month |
172.24" (4,374.90mm) | 160.31" (4,071.87mm) |
11.93" (303.03mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1957 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 19, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/