NCDC / Climate Monitoring / Regional Precip Ranks / Search / Help Climate of 2008 - December U.S. Regional Precipitation Ranks National Climatic Data Center, 7 January 2009 Table of Regional Precipitation Ranks The following table shows the precipitation ranks for the nine standard U.S. regions for December 2008, the three-month period October - December 2008, and the twelve-month period January - December 2008. A rank of 1 is driest and 114 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 December 2008 Oct - Dec 2008 Jan - Dec 2008 Northeast 103 94 109 East North Central 107 92 104 Central 106 58 110 Southeast 57 61 52 West North Central 92 109 94 South 28 25 66 Southwest 87 59 43 Northwest 62 42 25 West 61 41 23 NCDC / Climate Monitoring / Regional Precip Ranks / Search / Help