TABLE 1.  PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE RANKS, BASED
                     ON THE PERIOD 1895-2001.  1 = DRIEST/COLDEST,
                     107 = WETTEST/WARMEST FOR OCT 2001,
                     107 = WETTEST/WARMEST FOR SEP-OCT 2001,
                     107 = WETTEST/WARMEST FOR MAY-OCT 2001,
                     106 = WETTEST/WARMEST FOR NOV 2000-OCT 2001.

                                OCT    SEP-OCT    MAY-OCT   NOV 2000-
            REGION              2001     2001       2001    OCT 2001
            ------              ----  ---------  ---------  ---------

                      PRECIPITATION:

           NORTHEAST             10       15         12          8
           EAST NORTH CENTRAL    83       78         77        102
           CENTRAL              102       87         94         51
 
           SOUTHEAST             17       28         49         33
           WEST NORTH CENTRAL    56       64         45         64
           SOUTH                 61       62         56         83
 
           SOUTHWEST             13        9         13         25
           NORTHWEST             81       61         46          2
           WEST                  33       40          8          4
 
           NATIONAL              46       42         45         38
 
                      TEMPERATURE:

           NORTHEAST             75       75         78         60
           EAST NORTH CENTRAL    52       49         74         49
           CENTRAL               43       25         40         22
 
           SOUTHEAST             21       10         14         13
           WEST NORTH CENTRAL    50       88        100         57
           SOUTH                 35       28         73         23
 
           SOUTHWEST             95      103        106         96
           NORTHWEST             61       90         97         75
           WEST                 103      107        107         97
 
           NATIONAL              70       73        102         64