Contiguous U.S., Precipitation Rankings, April 1987 1901-2000 Inches 1 1.46 2.52 -1.06 1 128 1987 1957 1987 1986 lowest 2 4.13 5.03 -0.90 11 118 1910 1973 1971 1986 bottom-tenth 3 6.46 7.16 -0.70 23 106 1910 1983 1972 1986 bottom-third 4 8.63 9.48 -0.85 26 103 1910 1998 1986 1984 bottom-third 5 10.63 11.82 -1.19 21 107 1931 1983 1986 1984 bottom-third 6 13.57 14.05 -0.48 51 77 1977 1983 1986 1984 normal 1950 7 16.38 16.22 0.16 73 55 1981 1983 1981 1986 normal 8 19.97 18.71 1.26 99 29 1918 2019 1986 1984 top-third 9 22.79 21.33 1.46 102 26 1918 2019 1986 1984 top-third 10 25.54 24.12 1.42 97 31 1931 2019 1986 1984 top-third 1980 11 28.57 27.04 1.53 97 31 1931 2019 1986 1984 top-third 12 31.52 29.95 1.57 96 32 1918 2019 1986 1984 top-third 1999 18 45.01 44.02 0.99 82 45 1931 2020 1986 1985 normal 24 62.01 59.92 2.09 90 37 1955 2020 1986 1985 top-third 36 92.22 89.88 2.34 82 44 1955 2020 1982 1986 normal 48 124.48 119.77 4.71 100 25 1956 2019 1982 1986 top-third 60 159.90 149.63 10.27 114 10 1957 2020 1985 1986 top-tenth