Minnesota, Climate Division 5. Central, Precipitation Rankings, April 1998 1901-2000 Inches 1 1.62 2.14 -0.52 42 88 1987 2001 1997 1995 bottom-third 2 3.79 3.48 0.31 76 54 1959 1896 1997 1995 normal 1908,1924,2005 3 4.59 4.18 0.41 76 54 1959 1896 1997 1995 normal 4 5.64 4.95 0.69 87 43 1959 2001 1997 1995 top-third 5 5.91 5.69 0.22 73 56 1959 2001 1997 1995 normal 6 6.81 6.94 -0.13 56 73 1987 2001 1996 1997 normal 7 8.59 8.87 -0.28 52 77 1987 2001 1989 1997 normal 8 10.80 11.72 -0.92 47 82 1911 1969 1988 1997 normal 9 15.10 15.34 -0.24 55 74 1934 2011 1993 1997 normal 10 21.84 18.87 2.97 99 30 1911 2011 1997 1996 top-third 11 25.49 23.15 2.34 92 37 1911 2011 1997 1995 top-third 12 27.19 26.43 0.76 67 62 1911 2011 1997 1996 normal 1957 18 36.40 33.37 3.03 91 37 1911 1966 1997 1995 top-third 24 53.81 52.85 0.96 61 67 1924 1986 1990 1997 normal 36 82.08 79.21 2.87 68 59 1935 1986 1991 1997 normal 48 109.84 105.56 4.28 68 58 1934 1986 1992 1997 normal 60 146.52 131.92 14.60 107 18 1934 2020 1997 1996 top-third