Missouri, Precipitation Rankings, January 1973 1901-2000 Inches 1 3.26 2.09 1.17 109 21 1986 1916 1972 1969 top-third 1993 2 5.82 4.39 1.43 102 27 1956 1916 1971 1972 top-third 3 11.58 7.30 4.28 121 8 1956 2016 1972 1969 top-tenth 1932 4 15.16 10.51 4.65 119 10 1905 2016 1972 1969 top-tenth 5 20.11 14.63 5.48 119 10 1964 1985 1972 1942 top-tenth 6 23.19 18.35 4.84 109 20 1954 1916 1972 1971 top-third 7 27.62 22.06 5.56 114 15 1954 1994 1972 1969 top-third 8 29.61 26.66 2.95 90 39 1954 1994 1972 1971 top-third 9 32.67 31.31 1.36 75 54 1954 1916 1972 1971 normal 10 37.46 35.30 2.16 76 53 1954 2016 1972 1971 normal 11 39.62 38.50 1.12 70 59 1954 1974 1972 1971 normal 1904 12 40.79 40.53 0.26 62 67 1954 1974 1972 1971 normal 18 57.41 58.89 -1.48 47 81 1954 1928 1972 1971 normal 24 73.83 81.09 -7.26 24 104 1954 2010 1965 1972 bottom-third 36 119.02 121.66 -2.64 45 82 1955 2011 1972 1971 normal 48 158.97 162.23 -3.26 44 82 1957 2012 1967 1972 normal 60 202.74 202.82 -0.08 55 70 1957 2020 1968 1972 normal