Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Delaware
Precipitation Rankings, January 1998
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1998 1-Month |
6.14" (155.96mm) | 3.49" (88.65mm) |
2.65" (67.31mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1981 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1937 | ||||
|
Dec 1997–Jan 1998 2-Month |
8.99" (228.35mm) | 6.95" (176.53mm) |
2.04" (51.82mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1981 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1978 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–Jan 1998 3-Month |
15.34" (389.64mm) | 10.02" (254.51mm) |
5.32" (135.13mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1981 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct 1997–Jan 1998 4-Month |
18.36" (466.34mm) | 13.17" (334.52mm) |
5.19" (131.82mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2002 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1987 | 1978 | ||||
|
Sep 1997–Jan 1998 5-Month |
20.45" (519.43mm) | 16.76" (425.70mm) |
3.69" (93.73mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 2002 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1936 | ||||
|
Aug 1997–Jan 1998 6-Month |
25.35" (643.89mm) | 21.35" (542.29mm) |
4.00" (101.60mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1931 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jul 1997–Jan 1998 7-Month |
27.97" (710.44mm) | 25.63" (651.00mm) |
2.34" (59.44mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1931 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2010 | ||||
|
Jun 1997–Jan 1998 8-Month |
30.63" (778.00mm) | 29.26" (743.20mm) |
1.37" (34.80mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1931 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2010 | ||||
|
May 1997–Jan 1998 9-Month |
33.52" (851.41mm) | 32.81" (833.37mm) |
0.71" (18.04mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1931 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1949 | ||||
|
Apr 1997–Jan 1998 10-Month |
36.88" (936.75mm) | 36.27" (921.26mm) |
0.61" (15.49mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1931 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2010 | ||||
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Mar 1997–Jan 1998 11-Month |
41.78" (1,061.21mm) | 40.22" (1,021.59mm) |
1.56" (39.62mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1931 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2010 | ||||
|
Feb 1997–Jan 1998 12-Month |
44.77" (1,137.16mm) | 43.29" (1,099.57mm) |
1.48" (37.59mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1931 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
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Aug 1996–Jan 1998 18-Month |
71.32" (1,811.53mm) | 64.54" (1,639.32mm) |
6.78" (172.21mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1931 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2004 | ||||
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Feb 1996–Jan 1998 24-Month |
100.21" (2,545.33mm) | 86.54" (2,198.12mm) |
13.67" (347.21mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 1936 | ||||
|
Feb 1995–Jan 1998 36-Month |
140.18" (3,560.57mm) | 129.80" (3,296.92mm) |
10.38" (263.65mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1967 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1937 | ||||
|
Feb 1994–Jan 1998 48-Month |
186.18" (4,728.97mm) | 173.07" (4,395.98mm) |
13.11" (332.99mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1966 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1937 | ||||
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Feb 1993–Jan 1998 60-Month |
232.09" (5,895.09mm) | 216.19" (5,491.23mm) |
15.90" (403.86mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1967 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1939 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 28, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/