Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, May 1998
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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May 1998 1-Month |
2.62" (66.55mm) | 2.91" (73.91mm) |
-0.29" (-7.36mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1934 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr–May 1998 2-Month |
5.19" (131.83mm) | 5.43" (137.92mm) |
-0.24" (-6.09mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1992 | 1934 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1901, 1986 | ||||||
|
Mar–May 1998 3-Month |
8.42" (213.87mm) | 7.94" (201.68mm) |
0.48" (12.19mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1925 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1957, 1991 | ||||
|
Feb–May 1998 4-Month |
11.74" (298.20mm) | 10.07" (255.78mm) |
1.67" (42.42mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1925 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1991 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2011 | ||||||
|
Jan–May 1998 5-Month |
15.10" (383.54mm) | 12.39" (314.71mm) |
2.71" (68.83mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1934 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2019 | ||||
|
Dec 1997–May 1998 6-Month |
17.41" (442.21mm) | 14.73" (374.14mm) |
2.68" (68.07mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1931 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2019 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–May 1998 7-Month |
19.70" (500.38mm) | 16.96" (430.78mm) |
2.74" (69.60mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1934 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1983 | ||||
| Ties: 1997 | ||||||
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Oct 1997–May 1998 8-Month |
22.22" (564.39mm) | 19.13" (485.90mm) |
3.09" (78.49mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1934 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1997–May 1998 9-Month |
24.76" (628.90mm) | 21.62" (549.15mm) |
3.14" (79.75mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1934 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1997–May 1998 10-Month |
27.44" (696.98mm) | 24.25" (615.95mm) |
3.19" (81.03mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1918 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1997–May 1998 11-Month |
30.15" (765.81mm) | 27.03" (686.56mm) |
3.12" (79.25mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1931 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1997–May 1998 12-Month |
33.55" (852.17mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
3.60" (91.44mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1934 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
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Dec 1996–May 1998 18-Month |
50.25" (1,276.35mm) | 44.70" (1,135.38mm) |
5.55" (140.97mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1931 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1996–May 1998 24-Month |
67.83" (1,722.88mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
7.91" (200.91mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1931 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 2020 | ||||
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Jun 1995–May 1998 36-Month |
98.65" (2,505.71mm) | 89.88" (2,282.95mm) |
8.77" (222.76mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1955 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2019 | ||||
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Jun 1994–May 1998 48-Month |
131.97" (3,352.04mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
12.19" (309.63mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1956 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
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Jun 1993–May 1998 60-Month |
162.50" (4,127.50mm) | 149.64" (3,800.86mm) |
12.86" (326.64mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1957 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/