Climate at a Glance
Statewide 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.
Alaska
Precipitation Rankings, August 1998
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| Period | Value | 1925-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1925-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1998 1-Month |
6.33" (160.78mm) | 4.37" (111.00mm) |
1.96" (49.78mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1941 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1944 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1998 2-Month |
10.44" (265.18mm) | 7.66" (194.56mm) |
2.78" (70.62mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1977 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1998 3-Month |
13.08" (332.23mm) | 10.00" (254.00mm) |
3.08" (78.23mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2014 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1998 4-Month |
16.17" (410.72mm) | 12.11" (307.59mm) |
4.06" (103.13mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1957 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1998 5-Month |
18.69" (474.73mm) | 14.00" (355.60mm) |
4.69" (119.13mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1957 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1998 6-Month |
20.48" (520.19mm) | 16.23" (412.24mm) |
4.25" (107.95mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1957 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1998 | ||||
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Feb–Aug 1998 7-Month |
22.05" (560.07mm) | 18.55" (471.17mm) |
3.50" (88.90mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1957 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1963 | 1963 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1998 8-Month |
23.66" (600.96mm) | 21.28" (540.51mm) |
2.38" (60.45mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1969 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 1981 | 1963 | ||||
|
Dec 1997–Aug 1998 9-Month |
27.97" (710.44mm) | 24.38" (619.25mm) |
3.59" (91.19mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1969 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1963 | 1944 | ||||
|
Nov 1997–Aug 1998 10-Month |
31.58" (802.13mm) | 27.76" (705.10mm) |
3.82" (97.03mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1969 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1944 | ||||
|
Oct 1997–Aug 1998 11-Month |
34.75" (882.65mm) | 32.15" (816.61mm) |
2.60" (66.04mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1969 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1944 | ||||
|
Sep 1997–Aug 1998 12-Month |
39.35" (999.49mm) | 36.70" (932.18mm) |
2.65" (67.31mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1969 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1994 | 1944 | ||||
|
Mar 1997–Aug 1998 18-Month |
53.99" (1,371.35mm) | 52.92" (1,344.17mm) |
1.07" (27.18mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1969 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1944 | ||||
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Sep 1996–Aug 1998 24-Month |
70.44" (1,789.18mm) | 73.26" (1,860.80mm) |
-2.82" (-71.62mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1969 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1995 | 1930 | ||||
|
Sep 1995–Aug 1998 36-Month |
103.31" (2,624.07mm) | 109.83" (2,789.68mm) |
-6.52" (-165.61mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1974 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1931 | ||||
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Sep 1994–Aug 1998 48-Month |
140.20" (3,561.08mm) | 146.33" (3,716.78mm) |
-6.13" (-155.70mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1972 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1997 | 1932 | ||||
|
Sep 1993–Aug 1998 60-Month |
181.41" (4,607.81mm) | 182.81" (4,643.37mm) |
-1.40" (-35.56mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1997 | 1976 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1996 | 1932 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/