NCDC / Climate Monitoring / Regional Precip Ranks / Search / Help Climate of 2009 - August U.S. Regional Precipitation Ranks National Climatic Data Center, 10 September 2009 Table of Regional Precipitation Ranks The following table shows the precipitation ranks for the nine standard U.S. regions for August 2009, the three-month period June - August 2009, and the twelve-month period September 2008 - August 2009. A rank of 1 is driest and 115 (114 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 2009 Jun - Aug 2009 Sep 2008 - Aug 2009 Northeast 75 108 103 East North Central 91 45 84 Central 44 83 86 Southeast 37 13 45 West North Central 89 88 96 South 23 36 42 Southwest 4 17 23 Northwest 79 87 29 West 52 96 32 NCDC / Climate Monitoring / Regional Precip Ranks / Search / Help