Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, December 1998
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1998 1-Month |
2.08" (52.83mm) | 2.35" (59.69mm) |
-0.27" (-6.86mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1993 | 1930 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2015 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1998 2-Month |
4.71" (119.63mm) | 4.58" (116.33mm) |
0.13" (3.30mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1976 |
| 55th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1923, 2009, 2014 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1998 3-Month |
7.68" (195.07mm) | 6.74" (171.20mm) |
0.94" (23.87mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1917 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1998 4-Month |
10.19" (258.83mm) | 9.23" (234.44mm) |
0.96" (24.39mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1939 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1998 5-Month |
12.61" (320.29mm) | 11.85" (300.99mm) |
0.76" (19.30mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1917 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1998 6-Month |
15.47" (392.94mm) | 14.62" (371.35mm) |
0.85" (21.59mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1917 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1998 7-Month |
18.79" (477.27mm) | 17.55" (445.77mm) |
1.24" (31.50mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1917 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1968 | ||||||
|
May–Dec 1998 8-Month |
21.41" (543.81mm) | 20.46" (519.68mm) |
0.95" (24.13mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1917 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1998 9-Month |
23.98" (609.09mm) | 22.98" (583.69mm) |
1.00" (25.40mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1956 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2015 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1998 10-Month |
27.21" (691.13mm) | 25.49" (647.45mm) |
1.72" (43.68mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1956 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2015 | ||||
| Ties: 1919 | ||||||
|
Feb–Dec 1998 11-Month |
30.53" (775.46mm) | 27.62" (701.55mm) |
2.91" (73.91mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1910 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1998 12-Month |
33.89" (860.81mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
3.95" (100.33mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1910 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jul 1997–Dec 1998 18-Month |
48.94" (1,243.08mm) | 44.58" (1,132.33mm) |
4.36" (110.75mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1954 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1997–Dec 1998 24-Month |
65.75" (1,670.05mm) | 59.90" (1,521.46mm) |
5.85" (148.59mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1931 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1996–Dec 1998 36-Month |
99.45" (2,526.03mm) | 89.86" (2,282.44mm) |
9.59" (243.59mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1956 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1995–Dec 1998 48-Month |
132.14" (3,356.36mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
12.36" (313.95mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1956 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1994–Dec 1998 60-Month |
162.76" (4,134.10mm) | 149.68" (3,801.87mm) |
13.08" (332.23mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1956 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/