Iowa Annual Weather Summary, 2008

General Summary. Temperatures over the past year averaged 45.8º or 2.0º below normal while precipitation totaled 43.79 inches or 9.71 inches above normal. This ranks as the 11th coolest and 4th wettest year among 136 years of state records. The last cooler year came in 1996 while only 1993 (48.22”), 1881 (44.16”) and 1902 (44.04”) brought more precipitation. The previous year of 2007 now ranks fifth wettest year (43.35”).