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 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, February 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
February 2020 1-Month |
0.42" (10.67mm) | 1.02" (25.91mm) |
-0.60" (-15.24mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1970 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jan–Feb 2020 2-Month |
1.79" (45.47mm) | 1.99" (50.55mm) |
-0.20" (-5.08mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1970 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1915 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Feb 2020 3-Month |
3.07" (77.98mm) | 3.09" (78.49mm) |
-0.02" (-0.51mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1964 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
| Ties: 1908, 1943 | ||||||
|
Nov 2019–Feb 2020 4-Month |
4.56" (115.82mm) | 4.84" (122.94mm) |
-0.28" (-7.12mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1932 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Feb 2020 5-Month |
9.34" (237.24mm) | 7.15" (181.61mm) |
2.19" (55.63mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1932 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Feb 2020 6-Month |
15.55" (394.97mm) | 10.85" (275.59mm) |
4.70" (119.38mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1932 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Feb 2020 7-Month |
19.08" (484.63mm) | 14.71" (373.63mm) |
4.37" (111.00mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Feb 2020 8-Month |
22.46" (570.48mm) | 18.59" (472.19mm) |
3.87" (98.29mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Feb 2020 9-Month |
26.37" (669.80mm) | 23.19" (589.03mm) |
3.18" (80.77mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2019–Feb 2020 10-Month |
34.58" (878.33mm) | 27.24" (691.90mm) |
7.34" (186.43mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Feb 2020 11-Month |
37.61" (955.29mm) | 30.19" (766.83mm) |
7.42" (188.46mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1994 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Feb 2020 12-Month |
39.80" (1,010.92mm) | 32.15" (816.61mm) |
7.65" (194.31mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1989 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1994 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Feb 2020 18-Month |
60.06" (1,525.52mm) | 43.01" (1,092.45mm) |
17.05" (433.07mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1994 | ||||
|
Mar 2018–Feb 2020 24-Month |
85.94" (2,182.88mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
21.66" (550.17mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1957 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2017–Feb 2020 36-Month |
118.31" (3,005.07mm) | 96.29" (2,445.77mm) |
22.02" (559.30mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1958 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar 2016–Feb 2020 48-Month |
157.49" (4,000.25mm) | 128.28" (3,258.31mm) |
29.21" (741.94mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1959 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar 2015–Feb 2020 60-Month |
199.86" (5,076.44mm) | 160.31" (4,071.87mm) |
39.55" (1,004.57mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1957 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 2011 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2020, retrieved on May 26, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/