North Carolina, Precipitation Rankings, September 2003 1901-2000 Inches 1 5.63 4.29 1.34 102 27 1919 1999 2002 2000 top-third 2 12.02 9.57 2.45 108 21 2007 1928 2002 1999 top-third 3 19.72 15.25 4.47 117 12 2007 1928 2002 1999 top-tenth 4 25.25 19.82 5.43 116 13 2007 1928 2002 1999 top-tenth 5 32.71 23.81 8.90 125 4 2007 1901 2002 1928 top-tenth 6 39.13 27.35 11.78 125 4 2007 1901 2002 1928 top-tenth 7 45.08 31.63 13.45 127 2 2007 1901 2002 1901 top-tenth 8 50.27 35.46 14.81 128 1 2007 2003 2002 2003 highest 9 52.47 39.36 13.11 127 2 2007 1901 2002 1901 top-tenth 10 57.04 43.06 13.98 126 2 1986 1901 2002 1901 top-tenth 11 61.55 46.10 15.45 126 2 1911 1901 2002 1901 top-tenth 12 67.01 49.39 17.62 127 1 1925 2003 2002 2003 highest 18 88.75 76.68 12.07 119 9 1926 2019 2002 1929 top-tenth 24 104.36 98.76 5.60 93 34 2002 2020 2002 1999 top-third 36 142.95 148.16 -5.21 34 92 1927 2020 2002 2000 bottom-third 48 191.21 197.49 -6.28 34 91 1988 2021 2002 2001 bottom-third 60 243.07 246.79 -3.72 49 75 1954 2020 2002 2000 normal