California, Precipitation Rankings, October 2005 1901-2000 Inches 1 1.00 1.20 -0.20 60 69 1917 1962 2003 2004 normal 1918 2 1.32 1.65 -0.33 51 78 2020 1962 2003 2004 normal 3 1.61 1.89 -0.28 59 70 1995,2002 1962 2003 2004 normal 4 1.75 2.07 -0.32 56 73 2002,2020 1962 2003 2004 normal 5 2.42 2.42 0.00 66 63 2002 1982 2003 2004 normal 2007 6 4.96 3.30 1.66 120 9 2002 1957 2004 1998 top-tenth 7 6.75 4.93 1.82 112 17 2002 1963 2004 1998 top-third 8 10.44 8.14 2.30 104 25 2008 1983 2004 1998 top-third 9 14.47 11.99 2.48 97 32 1966 1998 2004 2000 top-third 10 20.03 16.24 3.79 102 27 2022 1998 2004 1998 top-third 11 25.54 19.87 5.67 107 21 1977 1983 2004 1998 top-third 12 27.22 22.44 4.78 102 26 1977 1983 2004 1998 top-third 18 31.86 25.75 6.11 109 19 1977 1983 2004 1998 top-third 24 49.91 44.87 5.04 96 31 1977 1983 2004 1999 top-third 36 74.74 67.29 7.45 98 28 2022 1984 2004 2000 top-third 48 91.56 89.47 2.09 78 47 2015 1998 2004 2001 normal 60 106.68 111.65 -4.97 60 64 1991 1999 2004 2002 normal