The rainfall totals from our recent storm are destroying about every record that existed for precipitation totals during the cold season in Iowa. The featured chart displays the largest 24 hour areal averaged precipitation for Iowa during the December, January, and February season. The 1.51 inches estimated by the IEM for the 24 hour period ending at 7 AM yesterday is roughly 50% larger than the second place value! Individual station totals were even higher with places like Des Moines and Waterloo rewriting the record books for cold season precipitation. Given the intensity and time of year, this recent event may go down as the most extreme precipitation event Iowa has on record!

Voting:
Good = 51
Bad = 2
Abstain = 4

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