Climate at a Glance
Regional Rankings
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Northwest Climate Region
Precipitation Rankings, January 1998
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1998 1-Month |
6.36" (161.54mm) | 4.53" (115.06mm) |
1.83" (46.48mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1985 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1974 | 1953 | ||||
|
Dec 1997–Jan 1998 2-Month |
9.05" (229.87mm) | 9.17" (232.92mm) |
-0.12" (-3.05mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1977 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1965 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–Jan 1998 3-Month |
12.02" (305.31mm) | 13.53" (343.66mm) |
-1.51" (-38.35mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1977 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1974 | ||||
|
Oct 1997–Jan 1998 4-Month |
16.10" (408.94mm) | 16.08" (408.43mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1977 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1997 | ||||
|
Sep 1997–Jan 1998 5-Month |
18.54" (470.92mm) | 17.50" (444.50mm) |
1.04" (26.42mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1977 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1974 | ||||
|
Aug 1997–Jan 1998 6-Month |
19.51" (495.55mm) | 18.31" (465.07mm) |
1.20" (30.48mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1994 | 1977 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1974 | ||||
| Ties: 1959 | ||||||
|
Jul 1997–Jan 1998 7-Month |
20.98" (532.89mm) | 19.04" (483.62mm) |
1.94" (49.27mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1977 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1956 | ||||
|
Jun 1997–Jan 1998 8-Month |
23.22" (589.79mm) | 20.76" (527.30mm) |
2.46" (62.49mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1977 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1956 | ||||
|
May 1997–Jan 1998 9-Month |
25.18" (639.57mm) | 22.91" (581.91mm) |
2.27" (57.66mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1977 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1997 | ||||
|
Apr 1997–Jan 1998 10-Month |
28.47" (723.14mm) | 25.27" (641.86mm) |
3.20" (81.28mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1977 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1997 | ||||
|
Mar 1997–Jan 1998 11-Month |
33.19" (843.03mm) | 28.53" (724.66mm) |
4.66" (118.37mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1977 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1997 | ||||
|
Feb 1997–Jan 1998 12-Month |
35.62" (904.75mm) | 32.13" (816.10mm) |
3.49" (88.65mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1977 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1997 | ||||
|
Aug 1996–Jan 1998 18-Month |
63.05" (1,601.47mm) | 50.47" (1,281.94mm) |
12.58" (319.53mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1930 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1997 | ||||
|
Feb 1996–Jan 1998 24-Month |
80.30" (2,039.62mm) | 64.28" (1,632.71mm) |
16.02" (406.91mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1931 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1997 | ||||
|
Feb 1995–Jan 1998 36-Month |
121.28" (3,080.51mm) | 96.31" (2,446.27mm) |
24.97" (634.24mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1931 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
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Feb 1994–Jan 1998 48-Month |
153.58" (3,900.93mm) | 128.35" (3,260.09mm) |
25.23" (640.84mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1932 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1999 | ||||
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Feb 1993–Jan 1998 60-Month |
182.20" (4,627.88mm) | 160.30" (4,071.62mm) |
21.90" (556.26mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1933 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2000 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/