Ranked State-Averaged Precipitation From the Midwestern Regional Climate Center Precipitation(in) ranking for Kentucky for January Rank Year * Total Normal Dep. %Norm 1 1937 15.16 3.53 11.63 429 2 1950 12.61 3.53 9.08 357 3 1913 11.29 3.53 7.76 320 4 1898 8.65 3.53 5.12 245 5 1932 8.50 3.53 4.97 241 6 1916 7.56 3.53 4.03 214 7 1951 7.43 3.53 3.90 210 8 1907 7.40 3.53 3.87 209 9 1920 7.06 3.53 3.53 200 10 1974 6.85 3.53 3.32 194 11 1949 6.79 3.53 3.26 192 12 1999 6.70 3.53 3.17 190 13 1957 6.42 3.53 2.89 182 14 1923 6.32 3.53 2.79 179 15 1917 6.29 3.53 2.76 178 16 1927 6.24 3.53 2.71 177 17 1947 6.13 3.53 2.60 173 18 1899 6.06 3.53 2.53 172 19 1895 5.76 3.53 2.23 163 20 1979 5.73 3.53 2.20 162 20 1978 5.73 3.53 2.20 162 22 1982 5.71 3.53 2.18 162 23 1972 5.65 3.53 2.12 160 24 1939 5.63 3.53 2.10 159 25 2013 5.60 3.53 2.07 158 26 1935 5.58 3.53 2.05 158 27 1952 5.51 3.53 1.98 156 28 1954 5.50 3.53 1.97 156 29 2006 5.41 3.53 1.88 153 30 1924 5.34 3.53 1.81 151 31 1902 5.33 3.53 1.80 151 32 1933 5.32 3.53 1.79 151 33 1918 5.30 3.53 1.77 150 34 1915 5.16 3.53 1.63 146 35 1966 5.08 3.53 1.55 144 36 2005 4.90 3.53 1.37 139 37 1930 4.87 3.53 1.34 138 38 1959 4.82 3.53 1.29 136 39 1994 4.80 3.53 1.27 136 40 1996 4.78 3.53 1.25 135 41 1962 4.76 3.53 1.23 135 42 1929 4.74 3.53 1.21 134 43 2019 4.73 3.53 1.20 134 43 1953 4.73 3.53 1.20 134 45 1995 4.72 3.53 1.19 134 46 2009 4.59 3.53 1.06 130 47 1989 4.56 3.53 1.03 129 47 1969 4.56 3.53 1.03 129 49 2020 4.47 3.53 0.94 127 50 1946 4.33 3.53 0.80 123 51 1975 4.32 3.53 0.79 122 52 1945 4.30 3.53 0.77 122 52 1926 4.30 3.53 0.77 122 54 2017 4.25 3.53 0.72 120 55 1910 4.24 3.53 0.71 120 56 2007 4.18 3.53 0.65 118 57 1976 4.17 3.53 0.64 118 58 1990 4.05 3.53 0.52 115 59 1919 3.97 3.53 0.44 112 60 2021 * 3.96 3.53 0.43 112 61 1956 3.91 3.53 0.38 111 62 2004 3.88 3.53 0.35 110 63 2002 3.87 3.53 0.34 110 64 2012 3.80 3.53 0.27 108 64 1938 3.80 3.53 0.27 108 66 2000 3.79 3.53 0.26 107 67 1998 3.75 3.53 0.22 106 68 1965 3.73 3.53 0.20 106 69 1906 3.61 3.53 0.08 102 70 1971 3.55 3.53 0.02 100 71 2010 3.52 3.53 -0.01 100 72 1909 3.44 3.53 -0.09 97 73 1991 3.40 3.53 -0.13 96 74 1997 3.36 3.53 -0.17 95 75 1988 3.32 3.53 -0.21 94 76 1897 3.31 3.53 -0.22 94 77 2008 3.23 3.53 -0.30 91 77 1936 3.23 3.53 -0.30 91 77 1911 3.23 3.53 -0.30 91 80 1964 3.22 3.53 -0.31 91 81 1948 3.20 3.53 -0.33 91 82 1921 3.19 3.53 -0.34 90 83 1993 3.18 3.53 -0.35 90 84 1912 3.17 3.53 -0.36 90 85 1904 3.09 3.53 -0.44 87 86 1942 3.07 3.53 -0.46 87 87 1925 2.88 3.53 -0.65 82 88 1960 2.84 3.53 -0.69 80 89 1985 2.83 3.53 -0.70 80 90 1905 2.74 3.53 -0.79 78 90 1900 2.74 3.53 -0.79 78 92 1958 2.55 3.53 -0.98 72 92 1928 2.55 3.53 -0.98 72 94 1961 2.51 3.53 -1.02 71 95 1941 2.49 3.53 -1.04 70 95 1903 2.49 3.53 -1.04 70 97 2018 2.47 3.53 -1.06 70 97 1980 2.47 3.53 -1.06 70 99 1992 2.43 3.53 -1.10 69 99 1973 2.43 3.53 -1.10 69 99 1922 2.43 3.53 -1.10 69 102 2014 2.34 3.53 -1.19 66 103 1908 2.23 3.53 -1.30 63 104 1914 2.20 3.53 -1.33 62 105 2011 2.16 3.53 -1.37 61 106 1977 2.10 3.53 -1.43 59 107 2001 2.09 3.53 -1.44 59 107 1934 2.09 3.53 -1.44 59 109 1968 2.06 3.53 -1.47 58 110 2003 1.98 3.53 -1.55 56 111 2015 1.97 3.53 -1.56 56 112 2016 1.88 3.53 -1.65 53 112 1901 1.88 3.53 -1.65 53 114 1987 1.84 3.53 -1.69 52 115 1983 1.78 3.53 -1.75 50 116 1955 1.76 3.53 -1.77 50 117 1940 1.72 3.53 -1.81 49 118 1967 1.69 3.53 -1.84 48 118 1944 1.69 3.53 -1.84 48 120 1943 1.56 3.53 -1.97 44 121 1984 1.44 3.53 -2.09 41 122 1963 1.39 3.53 -2.14 39 123 1931 1.33 3.53 -2.20 38 124 1896 1.31 3.53 -2.22 37 125 1970 1.25 3.53 -2.28 35 126 1986 1.04 3.53 -2.49 29 127 1981 0.87 3.53 -2.66 25 * current year M = Missing, T = trace P = preliminary data, F = final data from NCDC, D = derived data, E= estimated data