Upper Midwest December 1998 Precipitation Rankings
1901-2000
Inches
1
0.83
1.25
-0.42
25
105
1943
2015
1997
1996
bottom-third
2
2.64
3.10
-0.46
43
87
1976
2015
1997
1996
bottom-third
3
6.37
5.38
0.99
94
36
1976
1982
1997
1996
top-third
4
8.44
8.74
-0.30
58
72
1976
2019
1997
1996
normal
5
12.22
12.27
-0.05
61
69
1976
2019
1997
1996
normal
6
14.78
15.84
-1.06
47
83
1976
1900
1997
1996
normal
7
20.35
19.89
0.46
70
60
1976
2010
1997
1996
normal
8
23.79
23.31
0.48
67
63
1976
2019
1997
1996
normal
1987
9
26.21
25.81
0.40
68
62
1976
2019
1997
1996
normal
10
29.23
27.52
1.71
86
44
1910
2019
1997
1995
normal
11
30.60
28.54
2.06
86
44
1910
2019
1997
1993
normal
12
32.18
29.68
2.50
92
38
1910
2019
1997
1993
top-third
18
46.82
45.59
1.23
76
53
1976
2019
1997
1996
normal
24
60.06
59.39
0.67
66
63
1989
2019
1997
1996
normal
36
91.70
89.07
2.63
73
55
1989
2019
1997
1996
normal
48
123.10
118.71
4.39
80
47
1936
2019
1997
1996
normal
60
153.16
148.36
4.80
73
53
1936
2019
1992
1997
normal