Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, January 1998
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1998 1-Month |
3.92" (99.57mm) | 2.22" (56.39mm) |
1.70" (43.18mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1986 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 1932 | ||||
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Dec 1997–Jan 1998 2-Month |
7.35" (186.69mm) | 4.72" (119.89mm) |
2.63" (66.80mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1909 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 1932 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–Jan 1998 3-Month |
9.67" (245.62mm) | 7.15" (181.61mm) |
2.52" (64.01mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1904 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 1932 | ||||
|
Oct 1997–Jan 1998 4-Month |
13.33" (338.58mm) | 9.85" (250.19mm) |
3.48" (88.39mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1918 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1997–Jan 1998 5-Month |
15.84" (402.34mm) | 13.05" (331.47mm) |
2.79" (70.87mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1918 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1997–Jan 1998 6-Month |
19.10" (485.14mm) | 15.99" (406.15mm) |
3.11" (78.99mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1918 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1997–Jan 1998 7-Month |
21.44" (544.58mm) | 19.19" (487.43mm) |
2.25" (57.15mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1957 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1997–Jan 1998 8-Month |
26.28" (667.51mm) | 22.71" (576.83mm) |
3.57" (90.68mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1918 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1997–Jan 1998 9-Month |
30.36" (771.14mm) | 26.77" (679.96mm) |
3.59" (91.18mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1918 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2016 | ||||
|
Apr 1997–Jan 1998 10-Month |
35.73" (907.54mm) | 30.01" (762.25mm) |
5.72" (145.29mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1918 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 2016 | ||||
|
Mar 1997–Jan 1998 11-Month |
38.49" (977.65mm) | 32.70" (830.58mm) |
5.79" (147.07mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1957 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 2016 | ||||
|
Feb 1997–Jan 1998 12-Month |
42.99" (1,091.95mm) | 34.94" (887.48mm) |
8.05" (204.47mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1918 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1992 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 1996–Jan 1998 18-Month |
62.77" (1,594.36mm) | 50.97" (1,294.64mm) |
11.80" (299.72mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1918 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1996–Jan 1998 24-Month |
77.92" (1,979.17mm) | 69.90" (1,775.46mm) |
8.02" (203.71mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1918 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2017 | ||||
|
Feb 1995–Jan 1998 36-Month |
112.89" (2,867.41mm) | 104.84" (2,662.94mm) |
8.05" (204.47mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1957 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1993 | ||||
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Feb 1994–Jan 1998 48-Month |
149.90" (3,807.46mm) | 139.66" (3,547.36mm) |
10.24" (260.10mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1957 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 1993–Jan 1998 60-Month |
186.99" (4,749.55mm) | 174.43" (4,430.52mm) |
12.56" (319.03mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1957 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 22, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/