California, Precipitation Rankings, August 1898 1901-2000 Inches 1 0.17 0.24 -0.07 57 72 1937,2002 1983 1895 1897 normal 1973 2 0.27 0.42 -0.15 36 93 1940 1983 1898 1897 bottom-third 1911,1929 3 0.75 0.77 -0.02 68 61 2002 1913 1895 1897 normal 4 2.48 1.65 0.83 112 17 1924 1998 1897 1896 top-third 5 3.00 3.29 -0.29 66 63 2021 1896 1897 1896 normal 1895 6 3.94 6.50 -2.56 17 112 2008 1995 1898 1897 bottom-third 7 7.00 10.35 -3.35 28 101 1997,2021 1998 1898 1897 bottom-third 8 8.34 14.60 -6.26 15 114 2022 1995 1898 1897 bottom-third 9 10.76 18.22 -7.46 8 120 1924 1998 1898 1897 bottom-tenth 10 12.59 20.80 -8.21 7 121 1924 1983 1898 1897 bottom-tenth 11 14.53 22.00 -7.47 10 118 1924 1983 1898 1897 bottom-tenth 12 14.92 22.44 -7.52 9 119 2021 1983 1898 1897 bottom-tenth 18 21.28 28.96 -7.68 14 114 1977 1983 1898 1897 bottom-third 24 40.17 44.90 -4.73 41 86 1977 1983 1898 1897 bottom-third 36 65.35 67.31 -1.96 64 62 2022 1984 1898 1898 normal 48 -99 89.50 -99 -99 -99 2015 1998 normal 60 -99 111.68 -99 -99 -99 1991 1999 normal