Calendar Year: Jan 1, 2008 through Aug 27, 2008

Climate Division Total Rainfall Departure from Normal Pct of Normal Driest since Wettest since Rank since 1921 (86 periods)
Panhandle 11.87" -3.78" 76%

1969-70 (9.27")

2005-06 (13.06")

16th driest
N. Central 23.68" +1.60" 107%

2005-06 (15.47")

2004-05 (23.72")

26th wettest
Northeast 43.71" +16.46" 160%

2005-06 (22.28")

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1st wettest
W. Central 19.82" -0.46" 98%

2005-06 (16.62")

2004-05 (21.60")

34th wettest
Central 29.64" +4.58" 118%

2005-06 (18.13")

1994-95 (31.41")

10th wettest
E. Central 40.06" +10.85" 137%

2005-06 (21.97")

1989-90 (47.66")

6th wettest
Southwest 20.36" -0.61" 97%

2005-06 (13.71")

2004 (23.32")

38th wettest
S. Central 26.33" -0.08" 100%

2005-06 (17.76")

2004 (28.64")

36th wettest
Southeast 41.40" +9.48" 130%

2005-06 (27.32")

1989-90 (52.67")

10th wettest
Statewide 28.59" +4.29" 118%

2005-06 (18.37")

1994-95 (29.71")

9th wettest
 
Climate Division Driest on Record Wettest on Record Aug 27 25cm FWI Aug 27 KBDI 240-day SPI Most Like (Arndt Score)
Panhandle 8.01" (1936) 21.43" (1940-41) 0.72 288 -0.86 1952-53 (8.96)
N. Central 9.36" (1936) 35.74" (1956-57) 0.17 453 +0.66 1968-69 (9.06)
Northeast 10.49" (1936) 41.05" (1956-57) 0.65 275 +2.33 1994-95 (8.26)
W. Central 10.38" (1956) 30.29" (1996-97) 0.47 366 +0.35 1938-39 (9.08)
Central 8.62" (1936) 36.90" (1956-57) 0.65 294 +1.11 1946-47 (8.56)
E. Central 7.61" (1936) 52.73" (1944-45) 0.76 275 +1.47 1968 (8.63)
Southwest 8.70" (1936) 30.32" (1940-41) 0.82 264 +0.27 1941-42 (8.07)
S. Central 13.31" (1936) 43.95" (1989-90) 0.83 356 +0.24 1966-67 (8.67)
Southeast 13.33" (1936) 58.29" (1944-45) 0.75 327 +1.14 1937-38 (8.52)
Statewide 9.95" (1936) 35.69" (1956-57) 0.65 322 +1.10 1941-42 (8.74)
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