Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
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Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, March 1898
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
March 1898 1-Month |
2.42" (61.47mm) | 2.51" (63.75mm) |
-0.09" (-2.28mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1910 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1923 | ||||||
|
Feb–Mar 1898 2-Month |
4.07" (103.38mm) | 4.64" (117.86mm) |
-0.57" (-14.48mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1910 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 2007 | ||||||
|
Jan–Mar 1898 3-Month |
6.50" (165.10mm) | 6.96" (176.78mm) |
-0.46" (-11.68mm) | 44th Driest | Driest to Date | 1910 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1998 | ||||
|
Dec 1897–Mar 1898 4-Month |
9.06" (230.12mm) | 9.30" (236.22mm) |
-0.24" (-6.10mm) | 55th Driest | Driest to Date | 1981 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1983, 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1940 | ||||||
|
Nov 1897–Mar 1898 5-Month |
11.35" (288.29mm) | 11.53" (292.86mm) |
-0.18" (-4.57mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest to Date | 1977 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1983 | ||||
|
Oct 1897–Mar 1898 6-Month |
13.18" (334.77mm) | 13.70" (347.98mm) |
-0.52" (-13.21mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1918 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 2011 | ||||||
|
Sep 1897–Mar 1898 7-Month |
14.75" (374.65mm) | 16.19" (411.23mm) |
-1.44" (-36.58mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1918 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1897–Mar 1898 8-Month |
17.05" (433.07mm) | 18.82" (478.03mm) |
-1.77" (-44.96mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1918 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1897–Mar 1898 9-Month |
19.98" (507.49mm) | 21.60" (548.64mm) |
-1.62" (-41.15mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1918 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1897–Mar 1898 10-Month |
22.86" (580.64mm) | 24.53" (623.06mm) |
-1.67" (-42.42mm) | 23rd Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1918 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1897–Mar 1898 11-Month |
24.98" (634.49mm) | 27.43" (696.72mm) |
-2.45" (-62.23mm) | 16th Driest | Driest to Date | 1918 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1897–Mar 1898 12-Month |
27.40" (695.96mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-2.56" (-65.02mm) | 19th Driest | Driest to Date | 1918 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2016 | ||||
|
Oct 1896–Mar 1898 18-Month |
42.92" (1,090.17mm) | 43.68" (1,109.47mm) |
-0.76" (-19.30mm) | 46th Driest | Driest to Date | 1918 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1896–Mar 1898 24-Month |
59.11" (1,501.39mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
-0.81" (-20.58mm) | 48th Driest | Driest to Date | 1955 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2020 | ||||
|
Apr 1895–Mar 1898 36-Month |
86.80" (2,204.72mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
-3.07" (-77.98mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1955 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 18, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/