National Rankings
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, April 1998
Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 1998 1-Month |
2.57" (65.28mm) | 2.52" (64.01mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: |
1987 |
54th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1957 | ||||
Ties: 2005 | ||||||
Mar– 2-Month |
5.80" (147.32mm) | 5.03" (127.76mm) |
0.77" (19.56mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
19th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1973 | ||||
Feb– 3-Month |
9.12" (231.65mm) | 7.16" (181.86mm) |
1.96" (49.79mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Jan– 4-Month |
12.48" (316.99mm) | 9.48" (240.79mm) |
3.00" (76.20mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: |
1910 |
1st Wettest | Wettest to Date |
1998 | ||||
Dec 1997– 5-Month |
14.79" (375.67mm) | 11.82" (300.23mm) |
2.97" (75.44mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
2nd Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Ties: 1973 | ||||||
Nov 1997– 6-Month |
17.08" (433.83mm) | 14.05" (356.87mm) |
3.03" (76.96mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1977 |
6th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Oct 1997– 7-Month |
19.60" (497.84mm) | 16.22" (411.99mm) |
3.38" (85.85mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1981 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: |
1983 | ||||
Sep 1997– 8-Month |
22.14" (562.36mm) | 18.71" (475.23mm) |
3.43" (87.13mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
6th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Aug 1997– 9-Month |
24.82" (630.43mm) | 21.33" (541.78mm) |
3.49" (88.65mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
5th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jul 1997– 10-Month |
27.53" (699.26mm) | 24.12" (612.65mm) |
3.41" (86.61mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
8th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Jun 1997– 11-Month |
30.93" (785.62mm) | 27.04" (686.82mm) |
3.89" (98.80mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
7th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
May 1997– 12-Month |
33.71" (856.23mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
3.76" (95.50mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: |
1918 |
9th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2019 | ||||
Nov 1996– 18-Month |
50.63" (1,286.00mm) | 44.02" (1,118.11mm) |
6.61" (167.89mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1931 |
4th Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
May 1996– 24-Month |
68.53" (1,740.66mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
8.61" (218.69mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2020 | ||||
May 1995– 36-Month |
100.13" (2,543.30mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
10.25" (260.35mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: |
1955 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest since: |
2020 | ||||
May 1994– 48-Month |
131.78" (3,347.21mm) | 119.77" (3,042.16mm) |
12.01" (305.05mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: |
1956 |
3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2019 | ||||
May 1993– 60-Month |
162.82" (4,135.63mm) | 149.63" (3,800.60mm) |
13.19" (335.03mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: |
1957 |
4th Wettest | Wettest to Date |
2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Rankings, published January 2023, retrieved on January 27, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/rankings