NCDC / Climate Monitoring / Regional Precip Ranks / Search / Help Climate of 2008 - April U.S. Regional Precipitation Ranks National Climatic Data Center, 6 May 2008 Table of Regional Precipitation Ranks The following table shows the precipitation ranks for the nine standard U.S. regions for April 2008, the three-month period February - April 2008, and the twelve-month period May 2007 - April 2008. A rank of 1 is driest and 114 (113 for May - April ) 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 April 2008 Feb - Apr 2008 May 2007 - Apr 2008 Northeast 46 113 96 East North Central 108 100 102 Central 81 112 85 Southeast 71 52 10 West North Central 42 25 73 South 65 78 95 Southwest 8 15 55 Northwest 36 38 39 West 5 7 21 NCDC / Climate Monitoring / Regional Precip Ranks / Search / Help