2009 weather in Decorah was cool and wet

The numbers have been crunched--and the weather in Decorah during 2009 was cooler and wetter than normal.

Complete temperature records are available covering 100 years in Decorah. Compared to the previous years, Decorah's average temperature of 45.52 degrees in 2009 was cooler than 66 years and warmer than 33 years. Decorah also recorded 35.91 inches of precipitation. That was 3.22 inches more than average. That meant 2009 was 35th wettest out of the 108 years of complete precipitation readings. 1993 still has the record for wettest year, with a total of 49.11 inches of precipitation.