IEM Daily Feature
Friday, 19 August 2011

Rain at the State Fair

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:57 AM


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Be sure to check out NWS Des Moines summary of state fair weather
The Iowa State Fair ends this weekend and has seen about an inch of rainfall so far, which is close to long term average for the Fair. The featured chart presents the yearly rainfall totals during the fair and the frequency of having five hundredths or more of rainfall on a given day. The smallest value is on day three with a less than one in five chance. 1977 was the wettest year at over eight inches. This data is from the Des Moines weather station, which is not located at the fair, but should be a close approximation.

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