NCDC / Climate Monitoring / Regional Precip Ranks / Search / Help Climate of 2008 - May U.S. Regional Precipitation Ranks National Climatic Data Center, 5 June 2008 Table of Regional Precipitation Ranks The following table shows the precipitation ranks for the nine standard U.S. regions for May 2008, the three-month period March - May 2008, and the twelve-month period June 2007 - May 2008. A rank of 1 is driest and 114 (113 for June - May ) 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 May 2008 Mar - May 2008 Jun 2007 - May 2008 Northeast 48 77 104 East North Central 69 89 105 Central 89 110 100 Southeast 37 39 23 West North Central 100 86 63 South 60 76 79 Southwest 64 12 56 Northwest 46 43 44 West 42 1 26 NCDC / Climate Monitoring / Regional Precip Ranks / Search / Help