Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Rhode Island
Precipitation Rankings, August 1998
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1998 1-Month |
3.50" (88.90mm) | 4.05" (102.87mm) |
-0.55" (-13.97mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1984 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1998 2-Month |
5.99" (152.15mm) | 7.31" (185.67mm) |
-1.32" (-33.52mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1907 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1927 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1998 3-Month |
16.84" (427.74mm) | 10.62" (269.75mm) |
6.22" (157.99mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1949 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1989 | 1922 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1998 4-Month |
22.44" (569.98mm) | 14.07" (357.38mm) |
8.37" (212.60mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1944 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1989 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1998 5-Month |
27.73" (704.34mm) | 18.13" (460.50mm) |
9.60" (243.84mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1999 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1989 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1998 6-Month |
33.73" (856.74mm) | 22.34" (567.44mm) |
11.39" (289.30mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1965 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1998 7-Month |
39.37" (1,000.00mm) | 25.78" (654.81mm) |
13.59" (345.19mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1957 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1998 8-Month |
45.75" (1,162.05mm) | 29.72" (754.89mm) |
16.03" (407.16mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1957 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
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Dec 1997–Aug 1998 9-Month |
48.94" (1,243.08mm) | 33.88" (860.55mm) |
15.06" (382.53mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1944 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–Aug 1998 10-Month |
55.06" (1,398.52mm) | 38.03" (965.96mm) |
17.03" (432.56mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1944 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
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Oct 1997–Aug 1998 11-Month |
57.12" (1,450.85mm) | 41.56" (1,055.62mm) |
15.56" (395.23mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1997–Aug 1998 12-Month |
58.34" (1,481.84mm) | 45.16" (1,147.06mm) |
13.18" (334.78mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
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Mar 1997–Aug 1998 18-Month |
80.49" (2,044.45mm) | 67.43" (1,712.72mm) |
13.06" (331.73mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1990 | 1984 | ||||
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Sep 1996–Aug 1998 24-Month |
110.49" (2,806.45mm) | 90.23" (2,291.84mm) |
20.26" (514.61mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1995–Aug 1998 36-Month |
161.21" (4,094.73mm) | 135.44" (3,440.18mm) |
25.77" (654.55mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1984 | ||||
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Sep 1994–Aug 1998 48-Month |
198.16" (5,033.26mm) | 180.62" (4,587.75mm) |
17.54" (445.51mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 1993–Aug 1998 60-Month |
247.15" (6,277.61mm) | 225.77" (5,734.56mm) |
21.38" (543.05mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2010 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published November 2020, retrieved on December 1, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/