[NOAA] NCDC / Climate At A Glance / Climate Monitoring/ Search / Help [Image] [Image] Climate At A Glance [Image] Annual Precipitation United States ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This Page is Under Construction and for Testing Purposes Only Accuracy of Data Cannot be Guaranteed (sorted by year) Missing 1 year of data Rank Rank Year Precipitation Based on the Based on the Time Period Selected Period of Record (1895-2000)* (1895-2001)* 2000 ---- ---- ---- 1999 27.84 inches 28 28 1998 32.97 inches 102 102 1997 31.29 inches 89 89 1996 32.59 inches 100 100 1995 31.03 inches 88 88 1994 29.46 inches 56 56 1993 31.41 inches 91 91 1992 30.67 inches 83 83 1991 31.77 inches 94 94 1990 31.40 inches 90 90 1989 28.42 inches 33 33 1988 25.25 inches 8 8 1987 28.46 inches 34 34 1986 30.61 inches 82 82 1985 29.41 inches 55 55 1984 30.48 inches 80 80 1983 33.81 inches 104 104 1982 32.99 inches 103 103 1981 29.17 inches 50 50 1980 27.38 inches 23 23 1979 32.02 inches 96 96 1978 29.17 inches 50 50 1977 29.62 inches 61 61 1976 25.62 inches 9 9 1975 32.02 inches 96 96 1974 29.72 inches 66 66 1973 33.99 inches 105 105 1972 30.77 inches 84 84 1971 29.29 inches 54 54 1970 28.54 inches 35 35 1969 29.79 inches 68 68 1968 29.52 inches 58 58 1967 28.61 inches 39 39 1966 26.67 inches 16 16 1965 28.95 inches 46 46 1964 29.23 inches 52 52 1963 24.77 inches 4 4 1962 27.80 inches 27 27 1961 30.41 inches 78 78 1960 27.95 inches 29 29 1959 29.88 inches 69 69 1958 29.25 inches 53 53 1957 32.90 inches 101 101 1956 24.57 inches 3 3 1955 26.81 inches 20 20 1954 25.23 inches 7 7 1953 27.51 inches 24 24 1952 25.63 inches 10 10 1951 30.33 inches 76 76 1950 29.99 inches 72 72 1949 29.70 inches 65 65 1948 29.65 inches 64 64 1947 28.57 inches 37 37 1946 30.42 inches 79 79 1945 32.25 inches 99 99 1944 30.08 inches 75 75 1943 26.07 inches 14 14 1942 30.58 inches 81 81 1941 31.85 inches 95 95 1940 29.63 inches 62 62 1939 25.82 inches 12 12 1938 28.85 inches 43 43 1937 29.72 inches 66 66 1936 26.59 inches 15 15 1935 28.85 inches 43 43 1934 25.05 inches 6 6 1933 26.80 inches 19 19 1932 29.60 inches 60 60 1931 26.79 inches 18 18 1930 25.01 inches 5 5 1929 29.51 inches 57 57 1928 28.59 inches 38 38 1927 30.93 inches 86 86 1926 29.95 inches 70 70 1925 26.06 inches 13 13 1924 25.75 inches 11 11 1923 30.78 inches 85 85 1922 29.09 inches 48 48 1921 27.68 inches 26 26 1920 30.37 inches 77 77 1919 30.94 inches 87 87 1918 28.02 inches 31 31 1917 24.37 inches 2 2 1916 28.61 inches 39 39 1915 31.69 inches 93 93 1914 28.01 inches 30 30 1913 29.12 inches 49 49 1912 29.56 inches 59 59 1911 28.81 inches 42 42 1910 24.17 inches 1 1 1909 29.95 inches 70 70 1908 29.07 inches 47 47 1907 30.01 inches 73 73 1906 31.49 inches 92 92 1905 32.14 inches 98 98 1904 27.09 inches 22 22 1903 28.54 inches 35 35 1902 29.63 inches 62 62 1901 26.85 inches 21 21 1900 30.02 inches 74 74 1899 27.64 inches 25 25 1898 28.93 inches 45 45 1897 28.35 inches 32 32 1896 28.73 inches 41 41 1895 26.73 inches 17 17 *Highest precipitation rank denotes the wettest year for the period. Lowest precipitation rank denotes the driest year for the period. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/hr_display3.pl This table was dynamically created on 01 /03 /2001 at 14:45:07 [Image] [NOAA] NCDC / Climate At A Glance / Climate Monitoring/ Search / Help Please send questions to jlawrimo@ncdc.noaa.gov Please see the NCDC Contact Page if you have questions or comments.