Contiguous U.S., Precipitation Rankings, November 1949 1901-2000 Inches 1 1.19 2.23 -1.04 7 122 1917 1983 1939 1948 bottom-tenth 2 3.99 4.40 -0.41 38 91 1917 1985 1943 1948 bottom-third 3 6.21 6.88 -0.67 33 96 1939 1985 1943 1948 bottom-third 1936 4 8.70 9.50 -0.80 27 102 1952 2018 1943 1948 bottom-third 5 11.78 12.28 -0.50 39 90 1952 2018 1947 1948 bottom-third 6 14.98 15.20 -0.22 49 80 1952 2004 1944 1948 normal 1990 7 17.96 18.12 -0.16 55 74 1952 2004 1944 1948 normal 1969 8 20.05 20.63 -0.58 41 88 1952 2015 1943 1948 bottom-third 9 22.52 23.14 -0.62 42 87 1956 1973 1943 1948 bottom-third 10 24.92 25.28 -0.36 50 79 1910 2019 1943 1948 normal 11 28.08 27.59 0.49 71 58 1910 2019 1947 1948 normal 1937 12 30.67 29.94 0.73 75 53 1931 2019 1948 1946 normal 18 45.94 45.16 0.78 70 58 1931 2019 1948 1946 normal 24 60.76 59.90 0.86 69 58 1931 2019 1948 1947 normal 36 90.06 89.86 0.20 63 63 1956 2019 1944 1948 normal 48 121.91 119.78 2.13 80 45 1956 2019 1945 1948 normal 60 154.30 149.66 4.64 95 29 1956 2019 1948 1945 top-third