Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Precipitation Rankings, September 1998
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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September 1998 1-Month |
0.74" (18.80mm) | 0.45" (11.43mm) |
0.29" (7.37mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1974 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1918 | ||||
|
Aug–Sep 1998 2-Month |
0.87" (22.10mm) | 0.69" (17.53mm) |
0.18" (4.57mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1937, 2018 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1983 | ||||
|
Jul–Sep 1998 3-Month |
1.07" (27.18mm) | 0.87" (22.10mm) |
0.20" (5.08mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1928 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1976 | ||||
| Ties: 1979, 2015 | ||||||
|
Jun–Sep 1998 4-Month |
1.84" (46.74mm) | 1.22" (30.99mm) |
0.62" (15.75mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 2002 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1982 | ||||
| Ties: 1925 | ||||||
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May–Sep 1998 5-Month |
4.87" (123.70mm) | 2.10" (53.34mm) |
2.77" (70.36mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1924 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 1998 6-Month |
7.04" (178.82mm) | 3.74" (95.00mm) |
3.30" (83.82mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1924 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1963 | 1896 | ||||
|
Mar–Sep 1998 7-Month |
11.19" (284.23mm) | 6.95" (176.53mm) |
4.24" (107.70mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2008 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1995 | ||||
|
Feb–Sep 1998 8-Month |
22.69" (576.33mm) | 10.80" (274.32mm) |
11.89" (302.01mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2008 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Jan–Sep 1998 9-Month |
29.66" (753.36mm) | 15.05" (382.27mm) |
14.61" (371.09mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2013 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1997–Sep 1998 10-Month |
32.62" (828.55mm) | 18.67" (474.22mm) |
13.95" (354.33mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1924 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–Sep 1998 11-Month |
36.57" (928.88mm) | 21.25" (539.75mm) |
15.32" (389.13mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1924 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1997–Sep 1998 12-Month |
37.65" (956.31mm) | 22.45" (570.23mm) |
15.20" (386.08mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1924 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
|
Apr 1997–Sep 1998 18-Month |
41.09" (1,043.69mm) | 26.19" (665.23mm) |
14.90" (378.46mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1996–Sep 1998 24-Month |
64.27" (1,632.46mm) | 44.90" (1,140.46mm) |
19.37" (492.00mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1995–Sep 1998 36-Month |
88.96" (2,259.58mm) | 67.32" (1,709.93mm) |
21.64" (549.65mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2014 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1994–Sep 1998 48-Month |
125.14" (3,178.56mm) | 89.51" (2,273.55mm) |
35.63" (905.01mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2015 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
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Oct 1993–Sep 1998 60-Month |
140.27" (3,562.86mm) | 111.69" (2,836.93mm) |
28.58" (725.93mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1991 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2020, retrieved on February 17, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/