Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Iowa
Precipitation Rankings, February 2020
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
February 2020 1-Month |
0.43" (10.92mm) | 1.02" (25.91mm) |
-0.59" (-14.99mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1970 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1915 | ||||
|
Jan–Feb 2020 2-Month |
1.84" (46.74mm) | 1.99" (50.55mm) |
-0.15" (-3.81mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1970 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1915 | ||||
|
Dec 2019–Feb 2020 3-Month |
3.12" (79.25mm) | 3.09" (78.49mm) |
0.03" (0.76mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1964 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Feb 2020 4-Month |
4.61" (117.09mm) | 4.84" (122.94mm) |
-0.23" (-5.85mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1932 | ||||
|
Oct 2019–Feb 2020 5-Month |
9.39" (238.51mm) | 7.15" (181.61mm) |
2.24" (56.90mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1932 | ||||
|
Sep 2019–Feb 2020 6-Month |
15.60" (396.24mm) | 10.85" (275.59mm) |
4.75" (120.65mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1932 | ||||
|
Aug 2019–Feb 2020 7-Month |
19.13" (485.90mm) | 14.71" (373.63mm) |
4.42" (112.27mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2019–Feb 2020 8-Month |
22.51" (571.75mm) | 18.59" (472.19mm) |
3.92" (99.56mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 2019–Feb 2020 9-Month |
26.42" (671.07mm) | 23.19" (589.03mm) |
3.23" (82.04mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2019–Feb 2020 10-Month |
34.63" (879.60mm) | 27.24" (691.90mm) |
7.39" (187.70mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2019–Feb 2020 11-Month |
37.66" (956.56mm) | 30.19" (766.83mm) |
7.47" (189.73mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1977 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1994 | ||||
|
Mar 2019–Feb 2020 12-Month |
39.85" (1,012.19mm) | 32.15" (816.61mm) |
7.70" (195.58mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1989 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 1994 | ||||
|
Sep 2018–Feb 2020 18-Month |
60.11" (1,526.79mm) | 43.01" (1,092.45mm) |
17.10" (434.34mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1994 | ||||
|
Mar 2018–Feb 2020 24-Month |
85.99" (2,184.15mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
21.71" (551.44mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1957 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Mar 2017–Feb 2020 36-Month |
118.36" (3,006.34mm) | 96.29" (2,445.77mm) |
22.07" (560.57mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2019 | 1958 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar 2016–Feb 2020 48-Month |
157.54" (4,001.52mm) | 128.28" (3,258.31mm) |
29.26" (743.21mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2018 | 1959 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar 2015–Feb 2020 60-Month |
199.91" (5,077.71mm) | 160.31" (4,071.87mm) |
39.60" (1,005.84mm) | 121st 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 2022, retrieved on May 19, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/