DES MOINES, Iowa —

With the arrival of September, meteorological summer is now in the books.

In Central Iowa, the past season was a wet one.

The Des Moines area received 16.99 inches of precipitation from June through August — nearly 30% more than average.

That makes this summer the metro area's 19th wettest since records began in the 1870s.

Hearst Owned Summer stats for the Des Moines area.

Record July rainfall, but lots of variation

The wet summer was mainly driven by exceptional rainfall in July. That month ended up being Des Moines' soggiest July in history.

By comparison, June and August were both drier than average.

The heavy rains also didn't hit all of Iowa equally.

Iowa Environmental Mesonet Summer rainfall across Iowa.

Portions of north-central Iowa absorbed more t

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