Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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North Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, August 1898
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1898 1-Month |
7.29" (185.17mm) | 5.28" (134.11mm) |
2.01" (51.06mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1997 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1901 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1898 2-Month |
14.47" (367.54mm) | 10.96" (278.38mm) |
3.51" (89.16mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1983 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1908 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1898 3-Month |
18.45" (468.63mm) | 15.53" (394.46mm) |
2.92" (74.17mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1983 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1906 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1898 4-Month |
22.64" (575.06mm) | 19.52" (495.81mm) |
3.12" (79.25mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 2007 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1901 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1898 5-Month |
26.23" (666.24mm) | 23.06" (585.72mm) |
3.17" (80.52mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 2007 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1901 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1898 6-Month |
30.36" (771.14mm) | 27.34" (694.44mm) |
3.02" (76.70mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 2007 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1895 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1898 7-Month |
31.29" (794.77mm) | 31.17" (791.72mm) |
0.12" (3.05mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 2007 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2003 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1898 8-Month |
33.97" (862.84mm) | 35.07" (890.78mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 2007 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1901 | ||||
|
Dec 1897–Aug 1898 9-Month |
37.36" (948.94mm) | 38.77" (984.76mm) |
-1.41" (-35.82mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 2007 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1906 | ||||
|
Nov 1897–Aug 1898 10-Month |
40.12" (1,019.05mm) | 41.81" (1,061.97mm) |
-1.69" (-42.92mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1911 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2003 | ||||
|
Oct 1897–Aug 1898 11-Month |
43.57" (1,106.68mm) | 45.10" (1,145.54mm) |
-1.53" (-38.86mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 2002 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2003 | ||||
|
Sep 1897–Aug 1898 12-Month |
45.01" (1,143.25mm) | 49.35" (1,253.49mm) |
-4.34" (-110.24mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 2002 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2003 | ||||
|
Mar 1897–Aug 1898 18-Month |
71.13" (1,806.70mm) | 76.69" (1,947.93mm) |
-5.56" (-141.23mm) | 24th Driest | Driest to Date | 2008 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1896–Aug 1898 24-Month |
93.68" (2,379.47mm) | 98.62" (2,504.95mm) |
-4.94" (-125.48mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 2002 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
|
Sep 1895–Aug 1898 36-Month |
136.17" (3,458.72mm) | 148.03" (3,759.96mm) |
-11.86" (-301.24mm) | 16th Driest | Driest to Date | 1942 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/