Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 1898
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1898 1-Month |
1.72" (43.69mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
-0.63" (-16.00mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1930 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1898 2-Month |
3.98" (101.09mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
-0.60" (-15.24mm) | 30th Driest | Driest to Date | 1976 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2015 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1898 3-Month |
6.48" (164.59mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
-0.26" (-6.61mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1917 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1922, 2013 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1898 4-Month |
8.81" (223.77mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
-0.42" (-10.67mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1939 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1898 5-Month |
11.87" (301.50mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1917 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1914 | ||||||
|
Jul–Dec 1898 6-Month |
14.75" (374.65mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
0.13" (3.30mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1917 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1898 7-Month |
17.82" (452.63mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1917 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1898 8-Month |
21.05" (534.67mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
0.59" (14.99mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1917 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1994 | ||||||
|
Apr–Dec 1898 9-Month |
23.07" (585.98mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
0.09" (2.29mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1956 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1898 10-Month |
25.49" (647.45mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
0.00" (0.00mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1956 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2015 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1898 11-Month |
27.14" (689.36mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
-0.48" (-12.19mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1910 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1949 | ||||||
|
Jan–Dec 1898 12-Month |
29.57" (751.08mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-0.37" (-9.40mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1910 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jul 1897–Dec 1898 18-Month |
43.05" (1,093.47mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
-1.53" (-38.86mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1954 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1897–Dec 1898 24-Month |
59.27" (1,505.46mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
-0.63" (-16.00mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1931 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1896–Dec 1898 36-Month |
89.04" (2,261.62mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
-0.82" (-20.82mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1956 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1895–Dec 1898 48-Month |
116.59" (2,961.39mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
-3.19" (-81.02mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1956 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/