Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2019. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, March 1998
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Amomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 1998 1-Month |
3.23" (82.04mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
0.72" (18.29mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1910 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1973 | ||||
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Feb–Mar 1998 2-Month |
6.55" (166.37mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
1.91" (48.51mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1910 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Mar 1998 3-Month |
9.91" (251.71mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
2.95" (74.93mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1910 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
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Dec 1997–Mar 1998 4-Month |
12.22" (310.39mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
2.92" (74.17mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1981 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983, 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1983 | ||||||
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Nov 1997–Mar 1998 5-Month |
14.51" (368.55mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
2.98" (75.69mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1973 | ||||||
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Oct 1997–Mar 1998 6-Month |
17.03" (432.56mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
3.33" (84.58mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
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Sep 1997–Mar 1998 7-Month |
19.57" (497.08mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
3.38" (85.85mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
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Aug 1997–Mar 1998 8-Month |
22.25" (565.15mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
3.43" (87.12mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
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Jul 1997–Mar 1998 9-Month |
24.96" (633.98mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
3.36" (85.34mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1918 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2016 | ||||||
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Jun 1997–Mar 1998 10-Month |
28.36" (720.34mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
3.83" (97.28mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1918 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
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May 1997–Mar 1998 11-Month |
31.14" (790.96mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
3.71" (94.24mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1918 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1997–Mar 1998 12-Month |
34.13" (866.90mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
4.17" (105.92mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1918 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2016 | ||||
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Oct 1996–Mar 1998 18-Month |
50.55" (1,283.97mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
6.87" (174.50mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1918 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1974 | ||||
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Apr 1996–Mar 1998 24-Month |
68.52" (1,740.41mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
8.60" (218.44mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1955 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
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Apr 1995–Mar 1998 36-Month |
100.39" (2,549.91mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
10.52" (267.21mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1955 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
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Apr 1994–Mar 1998 48-Month |
132.03" (3,353.56mm) | 119.76" (3,041.90mm) |
12.27" (311.66mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
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Apr 1993–Mar 1998 60-Month |
163.17" (4,144.52mm) | 149.62" (3,800.35mm) |
13.55" (344.17mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1957 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published September 2019, retrieved on September 22, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/