NCDC / Climate Monitoring / Regional Precip Ranks / Search / Help Climate of 2008 - August U.S. Regional Precipitation Ranks National Climatic Data Center, 9 September 2008 Table of Regional Precipitation Ranks The following table shows the precipitation ranks for the nine standard U.S. regions for August 2008, the three-month period June - August 2008, and the twelve-month period September 2007 - August 2008. A rank of 1 is driest and 114 (113 for September - August ) is wettest. (Clicking on the number in the body of the table will bring up a time series graph of precipitation from 1895 to present for the region. Clicking on the region name will bring up a time series graph of normal precipitation and departure from normal precipitation for the last few years for the region. Clicking on the month name in the column headings will bring up a map showing the regional precipitation ranks.) Region August 2008 Jun - Aug 2008 Sep 2007 - Aug 2008 Northeast 54 96 103 East North Central 6 84 110 Central 11 83 110 Southeast 109 78 48 West North Central 44 65 77 South 111 87 62 Southwest 101 87 64 Northwest 76 38 33 West 22 11 21 NCDC / Climate Monitoring / Regional Precip Ranks / Search / Help