Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Rhode Island
Precipitation Rankings, August 1898
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1898 1-Month |
7.64" (194.06mm) | 4.05" (102.87mm) |
3.59" (91.19mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1984 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1898 2-Month |
14.10" (358.14mm) | 7.31" (185.67mm) |
6.79" (172.47mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1907 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1927 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1898 3-Month |
15.71" (399.03mm) | 10.62" (269.75mm) |
5.09" (129.28mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1949 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1922 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1898 4-Month |
20.63" (524.00mm) | 14.07" (357.38mm) |
6.56" (166.62mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1944 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1898 5-Month |
26.23" (666.24mm) | 18.13" (460.50mm) |
8.10" (205.74mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1999 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1898 6-Month |
29.11" (739.39mm) | 22.34" (567.44mm) |
6.77" (171.95mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1965 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1898 7-Month |
34.52" (876.81mm) | 25.78" (654.81mm) |
8.74" (222.00mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1957 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1898 8-Month |
39.32" (998.73mm) | 29.72" (754.89mm) |
9.60" (243.84mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1957 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1897–Aug 1898 9-Month |
44.49" (1,130.05mm) | 33.88" (860.55mm) |
10.61" (269.50mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1944 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1897–Aug 1898 10-Month |
52.57" (1,335.28mm) | 38.03" (965.96mm) |
14.54" (369.32mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1944 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Oct 1897–Aug 1898 11-Month |
53.47" (1,358.14mm) | 41.56" (1,055.62mm) |
11.91" (302.52mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1966 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1897–Aug 1898 12-Month |
55.63" (1,413.00mm) | 45.16" (1,147.06mm) |
10.47" (265.94mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1966 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2003 | ||||||
|
Mar 1897–Aug 1898 18-Month |
81.73" (2,075.94mm) | 67.43" (1,712.72mm) |
14.30" (363.22mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1966 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1896–Aug 1898 24-Month |
105.42" (2,677.67mm) | 90.23" (2,291.84mm) |
15.19" (385.83mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1966 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1895–Aug 1898 36-Month |
151.57" (3,849.88mm) | 135.44" (3,440.18mm) |
16.13" (409.70mm) | 104th Driest | Driest to Date | 1966 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1984 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published October 2020, retrieved on October 26, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/