California, Precipitation Rankings, September 1898 1901-2000 Inches 1 0.63 0.45 0.18 100 29 1974 1918 1897 1895 top-third 1930 2 0.80 0.69 0.11 90 39 1937,2018 1983 1897 1896 top-third 3 0.90 0.87 0.03 83 46 1928 1976 1897 1896 normal 1952 4 1.38 1.22 0.16 89 40 2002 1982 1897 1896 top-third 5 3.11 2.10 1.01 116 13 1924 1998 1897 1896 top-tenth 6 3.63 3.74 -0.11 78 51 1924 1896 1897 1896 normal 7 4.57 6.95 -2.38 22 107 2008 1995 1898 1897 bottom-third 1946 8 7.63 10.80 -3.17 31 98 2021 1998 1898 1897 bottom-third 9 8.97 15.05 -6.08 18 111 2022 1998 1898 1897 bottom-third 10 11.39 18.67 -7.28 9 119 1924 1983 1898 1897 bottom-tenth 11 13.22 21.25 -8.03 8 120 1924 1983 1898 1897 bottom-tenth 12 15.16 22.45 -7.29 11 117 1924 1983 1898 1897 bottom-tenth 18 17.45 26.19 -8.74 5 123 2021 1983 1898 1897 bottom-tenth 24 40.33 44.90 -4.57 41 86 1977 1983 1898 1897 bottom-third 36 65.06 67.32 -2.26 64 62 2022 1984 1898 1898 normal 1901 48 -99 89.51 -99 -99 -99 2015 1998 normal 60 -99 111.69 -99 -99 -99 1991 1999 normal