Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Pennsylvania
Precipitation Rankings, August 1998
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1998 1-Month |
2.93" (74.42mm) | 3.87" (98.30mm) |
-0.94" (-23.88mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1930 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1998 2-Month |
5.80" (147.32mm) | 8.05" (204.47mm) |
-2.25" (-57.15mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1930 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1998 3-Month |
10.95" (278.13mm) | 12.22" (310.39mm) |
-1.27" (-32.26mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1966 |
| 94th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2018 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1998 4-Month |
15.31" (388.87mm) | 16.15" (410.21mm) |
-0.84" (-21.34mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1998 5-Month |
20.91" (531.11mm) | 19.79" (502.67mm) |
1.12" (28.44mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1998 6-Month |
24.56" (623.82mm) | 23.29" (591.57mm) |
1.27" (32.25mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1998 7-Month |
28.23" (717.04mm) | 25.89" (657.61mm) |
2.34" (59.43mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1995 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1998 8-Month |
32.55" (826.77mm) | 28.94" (735.08mm) |
3.61" (91.69mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1963 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Dec 1997–Aug 1998 9-Month |
35.20" (894.08mm) | 32.03" (813.56mm) |
3.17" (80.52mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2018 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–Aug 1998 10-Month |
40.72" (1,034.29mm) | 35.24" (895.10mm) |
5.48" (139.19mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2019 | ||||
|
Oct 1997–Aug 1998 11-Month |
42.30" (1,074.42mm) | 38.42" (975.87mm) |
3.88" (98.55mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1925 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1997–Aug 1998 12-Month |
46.05" (1,169.67mm) | 41.98" (1,066.29mm) |
4.07" (103.38mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1965 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1997–Aug 1998 18-Month |
66.97" (1,701.04mm) | 65.21" (1,656.33mm) |
1.76" (44.71mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1966 |
| 50th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 1933 | ||||||
|
Sep 1996–Aug 1998 24-Month |
92.42" (2,347.47mm) | 83.89" (2,130.81mm) |
8.53" (216.66mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1966 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2006 | ||||||
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Sep 1995–Aug 1998 36-Month |
142.96" (3,631.18mm) | 125.89" (3,197.61mm) |
17.07" (433.57mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Sep 1994–Aug 1998 48-Month |
176.68" (4,487.67mm) | 167.87" (4,263.90mm) |
8.81" (223.77mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1966 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 2020 | ||||
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Sep 1993–Aug 1998 60-Month |
230.65" (5,858.51mm) | 209.80" (5,328.92mm) |
20.85" (529.59mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1966 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2021 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 15, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/