Winter National Precipitation Departures

Ranked wettest to driest, 1948 - 2011

Rank	Year	Departures %
1	2005	18.3
2	1997	17.6
3	1996	16.1
4	1977	15.6
5	2009	12.9
6	1992	11.7
7	1965	11.5
8	2006	10.8
9	2008	10.3
10	1999	8.8
11	2004	8.7
12	1986	6.9
13	1981	6.7
14	1968	5.4
15	1969	5.2
16	1980	4.9
17	1976	4.6
18	1963	4.4
19	1971	4.4
20	1958	3.5
21	1991	3.3
22	2003	2.9
23	1988	2.2
24	1987	2.0
25	1983	1.5
26	1974	0.7
27	1972	0.4
28	2000	0.3
29	2007	0.3
30	1984	0.2
31	1985	-0.7
32	2001	-0.9
33	1956	-1.3
34	1990	-1.3
35	1982	-1.6
36	1975	-2.3
37	2011	-2.5
38	1967	-2.6
39	1995	-2.6
40	1993	-3.7
41	1998	-3.8
42	1964	-3.9
43	1962	-4.0
44	1994	-4.7
45	1960	-5.2
46	2002	-5.5
47	1951	-5.9
48	1970	-6.4
49	1989	-7.8
50	1953	-8.2
51	1979	-9.5
52	1973	-10.1
53	1978	-10.3
54	1959	-12.1
55	1950	-12.7
56	1955	-13.2
57	1961	-13.7
58	1954	-14.5
59	1966	-16.0
60	1952	-16.5
61	1949	-17.5
62	1948	-17.9
63	1957	-19.9
64	2010	-22.4