Contiguous U.S., Precipitation Rankings, December 1942 1901-2000 Inches 1 3.00 2.35 0.65 115 14 1930 2015 1941 1931 top-third 2002 2 5.35 4.58 0.77 105 24 1976 2015 1941 1940 top-third 3 7.45 6.74 0.71 92 37 1917 2015 1939 1941 top-third 1906 4 10.15 9.23 0.92 96 33 1939 2018 1940 1941 top-third 2019 5 13.31 11.85 1.46 108 21 1917 2018 1940 1941 top-third 6 15.83 14.62 1.21 101 28 1917 2018 1940 1941 top-third 7 19.29 17.55 1.74 109 20 1917 2018 1940 1941 top-third 8 22.45 20.46 1.99 113 16 1917 2015 1940 1941 top-third 9 25.29 22.98 2.31 113 16 1956 2015 1940 1941 top-third 10 27.75 25.49 2.26 110 19 1956 2015 1940 1941 top-third 11 29.75 27.62 2.13 105 24 1910 2018 1940 1941 top-third 12 31.33 29.94 1.39 96 33 1910 1973 1940 1941 top-third 18 48.72 44.58 4.14 116 12 1954 2019 1941 1927 top-tenth 24 64.14 59.90 4.24 113 15 1931 2019 1941 1906 top-third 36 94.55 89.86 4.69 103 24 1956 2019 1941 1907 top-third 48 120.88 119.78 1.10 68 58 1956 2019 1941 1929 normal 60 150.62 149.68 0.94 65 60 1956 2019 1941 1923 normal