California, Precipitation Rankings, September 1976 1901-2000 Inches 1 1.31 0.45 0.86 124 5 1974 1918 1975 1918 top-tenth 1978 2 1.86 0.69 1.17 127 2 1937,2018 1983 1975 1976 top-tenth 3 2.20 0.87 1.33 128 1 1928 1976 1975 1976 highest 4 2.35 1.22 1.13 126 3 2002 1982 1975 1976 top-tenth 5 2.60 2.10 0.50 97 32 1924 1998 1975 1971 top-third 1993 6 4.09 3.74 0.35 90 39 1924 1896 1975 1971 top-third 7 5.49 6.95 -1.46 48 81 2008 1995 1973 1975 normal 8 9.38 10.80 -1.42 60 69 2021 1998 1972 1975 normal 9 9.83 15.05 -5.22 21 108 2022 1998 1972 1975 bottom-third 10 10.86 18.67 -7.81 6 122 1924 1983 1964 1975 bottom-tenth 11 12.05 21.25 -9.20 4 124 1924 1983 1924 1975 bottom-tenth 12 14.66 22.45 -7.79 8 120 1924 1983 1931 1975 bottom-tenth 18 18.02 26.19 -8.17 10 118 2021 1983 1931 1975 bottom-tenth 24 36.72 44.90 -8.18 30 97 1977 1983 1961 1975 bottom-third 36 64.67 67.32 -2.65 60 66 2022 1984 1972 1975 normal 48 90.04 89.51 0.53 72 53 2015 1998 1973 1975 normal 60 105.98 111.69 -5.71 55 69 1991 1999 1968 1975 normal 2021