Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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California
Precipitation Rankings, July 1998
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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July 1998 1-Month |
0.20" (5.08mm) | 0.18" (4.57mm) |
0.02" (0.51mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1996 | 1940 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1913 | ||||
| Ties: 1967, 1980, 1996 | ||||||
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Jun–Jul 1998 2-Month |
0.97" (24.64mm) | 0.53" (13.46mm) |
0.44" (11.18mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1901 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1913 | ||||
|
May–Jul 1998 3-Month |
4.00" (101.60mm) | 1.41" (35.81mm) |
2.59" (65.79mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1924 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Apr–Jul 1998 4-Month |
6.17" (156.72mm) | 3.04" (77.22mm) |
3.13" (79.50mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1909 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1896 | ||||
|
Mar–Jul 1998 5-Month |
10.32" (262.13mm) | 6.26" (159.00mm) |
4.06" (103.13mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2008 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1995 | ||||
|
Feb–Jul 1998 6-Month |
21.82" (554.23mm) | 10.10" (256.54mm) |
11.72" (297.69mm) | 128th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1997 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
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Jan–Jul 1998 7-Month |
28.79" (731.27mm) | 14.36" (364.74mm) |
14.43" (366.53mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2022 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1995 | ||||
|
Dec 1997–Jul 1998 8-Month |
31.75" (806.45mm) | 17.98" (456.69mm) |
13.77" (349.76mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1924 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–Jul 1998 9-Month |
35.70" (906.78mm) | 20.55" (521.97mm) |
15.15" (384.81mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1924 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983, 1998 | ||||
| Ties: 1983 | ||||||
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Oct 1997–Jul 1998 10-Month |
36.78" (934.21mm) | 21.75" (552.45mm) |
15.03" (381.76mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
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Sep 1997–Jul 1998 11-Month |
37.72" (958.09mm) | 22.20" (563.88mm) |
15.52" (394.21mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
|
Aug 1997–Jul 1998 12-Month |
37.99" (964.95mm) | 22.44" (569.98mm) |
15.55" (394.97mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2021 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
|
Feb 1997–Jul 1998 18-Month |
41.77" (1,060.96mm) | 32.51" (825.75mm) |
9.26" (235.21mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2014 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1983 | ||||
|
Aug 1996–Jul 1998 24-Month |
63.73" (1,618.74mm) | 44.90" (1,140.46mm) |
18.83" (478.28mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1977 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1983 | ||||
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Aug 1995–Jul 1998 36-Month |
88.22" (2,240.79mm) | 67.31" (1,709.67mm) |
20.91" (531.12mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2022 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1984 | ||||
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Aug 1994–Jul 1998 48-Month |
124.67" (3,166.62mm) | 89.50" (2,273.30mm) |
35.17" (893.32mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 2015 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
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Aug 1993–Jul 1998 60-Month |
139.66" (3,547.36mm) | 111.68" (2,836.67mm) |
27.98" (710.69mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1991 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1999 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/