Contiguous U.S., Precipitation Rankings, April 1947 1901-2000 Inches 1 3.01 2.52 0.49 111 19 1987 1957 1946 1945 top-third 1941 2 5.28 5.03 0.25 86 44 1910 1973 1946 1945 normal 3 6.31 7.16 -0.85 16 114 1910 1983 1943 1946 bottom-third 1924,1971 4 8.74 9.48 -0.74 31 99 1910 1998 1943 1946 bottom-third 5 10.68 11.82 -1.14 22 107 1931 1983 1934 1946 bottom-third 2022 6 13.76 14.05 -0.29 61 68 1977 1983 1942 1946 normal 7 16.48 16.22 0.26 78 51 1981 1983 1946 1945 normal 1972 8 19.12 18.71 0.41 79 50 1918 2019 1944 1946 normal 9 21.70 21.33 0.37 79 50 1918 2019 1944 1946 normal 10 24.27 24.12 0.15 72 57 1931 2019 1944 1946 normal 1965,1996 11 27.15 27.04 0.11 59 70 1931 2019 1944 1946 normal 12 30.90 29.95 0.95 85 44 1918 2019 1945 1946 normal 1960 18 44.77 44.02 0.75 76 52 1931 2020 1945 1946 normal 24 62.14 59.92 2.22 92 36 1955 2020 1946 1943 top-third 36 92.61 89.88 2.73 88 39 1955 2020 1946 1944 top-third 2000,2022 48 121.80 119.77 2.03 78 48 1956 2019 1943 1946 normal 60 152.74 149.63 3.11 80 45 1957 2020 1945 1946 normal