Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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South Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, April 1998
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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April 1998 1-Month |
2.03" (51.56mm) | 3.21" (81.53mm) |
-1.18" (-29.97mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1989 | 1987 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1957 | ||||
| Ties: 1902, 2003 | ||||||
|
Mar–Apr 1998 2-Month |
5.72" (145.29mm) | 5.91" (150.11mm) |
-0.19" (-4.82mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1936 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1974 | ||||||
|
Feb–Apr 1998 3-Month |
8.75" (222.25mm) | 8.14" (206.76mm) |
0.61" (15.49mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1936 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1973 | ||||
|
Jan–Apr 1998 4-Month |
12.67" (321.82mm) | 10.36" (263.14mm) |
2.31" (58.68mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1936 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 2016 | ||||||
|
Dec 1997–Apr 1998 5-Month |
16.10" (408.94mm) | 12.86" (326.64mm) |
3.24" (82.30mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1963 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1973 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–Apr 1998 6-Month |
18.42" (467.87mm) | 15.29" (388.37mm) |
3.13" (79.50mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1971 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1944 | ||||||
|
Oct 1997–Apr 1998 7-Month |
22.08" (560.83mm) | 17.99" (456.95mm) |
4.09" (103.88mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1925 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2016 | ||||
|
Sep 1997–Apr 1998 8-Month |
24.59" (624.59mm) | 21.19" (538.23mm) |
3.40" (86.36mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1918 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1997–Apr 1998 9-Month |
27.85" (707.39mm) | 24.13" (612.90mm) |
3.72" (94.49mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1925 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1997–Apr 1998 10-Month |
30.19" (766.83mm) | 27.33" (694.18mm) |
2.86" (72.65mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1925 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1997–Apr 1998 11-Month |
35.03" (889.76mm) | 30.85" (783.59mm) |
4.18" (106.17mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1925 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1997–Apr 1998 12-Month |
39.11" (993.39mm) | 34.91" (886.71mm) |
4.20" (106.68mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1925 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2016 | ||||
|
Nov 1996–Apr 1998 18-Month |
59.26" (1,505.20mm) | 50.26" (1,276.60mm) |
9.00" (228.60mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1918 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2016 | ||||
|
May 1996–Apr 1998 24-Month |
81.61" (2,072.89mm) | 69.89" (1,775.21mm) |
11.72" (297.68mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1918 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1993 | 2020 | ||||
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May 1995–Apr 1998 36-Month |
112.90" (2,867.66mm) | 104.85" (2,663.19mm) |
8.05" (204.47mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1955 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1975 | ||||
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May 1994–Apr 1998 48-Month |
150.55" (3,823.97mm) | 139.71" (3,548.63mm) |
10.84" (275.34mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1956 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 2019 | ||||
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May 1993–Apr 1998 60-Month |
186.76" (4,743.70mm) | 174.46" (4,431.28mm) |
12.30" (312.42mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1990 | 1957 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2020 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 11, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/