Upper Midwest Climate Region, Precipitation Rankings, December 1897 1901-2000 Inches 1 1.32 1.25 0.07 70 59 1943 2015 1896 1895 normal 1941,1946,1978 2 2.51 3.10 -0.59 37 92 1976 2015 1897 1896 bottom-third 1969 3 4.19 5.38 -1.19 21 108 1976 1982 1895 1896 bottom-third 1938,1960 4 6.01 8.74 -2.73 10 119 1976 2019 1897 1896 bottom-tenth 5 8.27 12.27 -4.00 2 127 1976 2019 1897 1896 bottom-tenth 6 13.08 15.84 -2.76 16 113 1976 1900 1895 1896 bottom-third 7 17.48 19.89 -2.41 20 109 1976 2010 1895 1896 bottom-third 8 19.47 23.31 -3.84 11 118 1976 2019 1897 1896 bottom-tenth 9 22.28 25.81 -3.53 18 111 1976 2019 1895 1896 bottom-third 10 24.64 27.52 -2.88 24 105 1910 2019 1895 1896 bottom-third 11 25.91 28.54 -2.63 26 103 1910 2019 1895 1896 bottom-third 12 28.26 29.68 -1.42 33 96 1910 2019 1895 1896 bottom-third 18 44.84 45.59 -0.75 45 83 1976 2019 1897 1896 normal 24 61.06 59.39 1.67 70 58 1989 2019 1896 1897 normal 36 85.14 89.07 -3.93 28 99 1989 2019 1897 1897 bottom-third 48 -99 118.71 -99 -99 -99 1936 2019 normal 60 -99 148.36 -99 -99 -99 1936 2019 normal