Contiguous U.S., Precipitation Rankings, August 1928 1901-2000 Inches 1 3.15 2.62 0.53 118 11 1929 1977 1927 1926 top-tenth 2 6.22 5.40 0.82 120 9 1930 1915 1927 1915 top-tenth 2017 3 10.50 8.32 2.18 128 1 1930 1928 1927 1928 highest 4 12.84 11.23 1.61 121 8 1936 1915 1927 1915 top-tenth 5 15.76 13.75 2.01 122 7 1934 2019 1927 1915 top-tenth 6 18.15 16.26 1.89 116 13 1936 1905 1927 1912 top-tenth 7 19.99 18.40 1.59 107 22 1934 2019 1926 1927 top-third 8 21.27 20.71 0.56 77 52 1934 2019 1926 1927 normal 9 23.95 23.05 0.90 82 46 1931 2019 1926 1927 normal 10 26.70 25.28 1.42 95 33 1934 2019 1926 1927 top-third 11 29.05 27.45 1.60 95 33 1934 2019 1926 1927 top-third 12 31.53 29.94 1.59 94 34 1934 2019 1926 1927 top-third 18 48.84 46.22 2.62 97 31 1931 2019 1927 1920 top-third 24 64.59 59.92 4.67 112 15 1918 2020 1927 1928 top-third 36 93.96 89.86 4.10 100 26 1956 2019 1927 1908 top-third 48 119.67 119.77 -0.10 57 68 1956 2019 1927 1923 normal 60 147.82 149.64 -1.82 43 81 1934 2019 1927 1924 normal