Contiguous U.S., Precipitation Rankings, November 1973 1901-2000 Inches 1 3.17 2.23 0.94 122 7 1917 1983 1972 1948 top-tenth 1988 2 5.54 4.40 1.14 114 15 1917 1985 1971 1972 top-third 3 9.00 6.88 2.12 124 5 1939 1985 1972 1973 top-tenth 4 11.06 9.50 1.56 116 13 1952 2018 1971 1972 top-tenth 5 14.02 12.28 1.74 116 13 1952 2018 1971 1972 top-tenth 6 17.07 15.20 1.87 115 14 1952 2004 1971 1972 top-third 7 20.10 18.12 1.98 113 16 1952 2004 1971 1972 top-third 8 23.43 20.63 2.80 121 8 1952 2015 1972 1957 top-tenth 9 27.43 23.14 4.29 128 1 1956 1973 1972 1973 highest 10 29.39 25.28 4.11 126 3 1910 2019 1972 1973 top-tenth 11 31.87 27.59 4.28 127 2 1910 2019 1972 1973 top-tenth 12 34.89 29.94 4.95 125 3 1931 2019 1972 1973 top-tenth 18 52.10 45.16 6.94 126 2 1931 2019 1972 1973 top-tenth 24 66.77 59.90 6.87 122 5 1931 2019 1972 1973 top-tenth 36 96.12 89.86 6.26 110 16 1956 2019 1972 1973 top-third 48 126.54 119.78 6.76 104 21 1956 2019 1972 1908 top-third 60 157.05 149.66 7.39 102 22 1956 2019 1972 1973 top-third