NOAA August 2012 Precipitation Ranked Driest to Wettest. Rank 1 = Driest. Rank 118 = Wettest.

Three states had the driest August ever: Nebraska, Washington and Wyoming.

No states had the wettest, but Louisiana and Mississippi each had their 2nd wettest (rank 117).

California (2002) and Nevada (1940) are the only state evers to have zero precipitation in August  therefore the records can only be tied.

State	Aug 2012	Aug Ranking	Driest Aug	Driest Aug Precip
Nebraska	1.02	1	2012	1.02
Washington	0.05	1	2012	0.05
Wyoming	0.12	1	2012	0.12
Idaho	0.16	4	1940	0.12
Oregon	0.04	6	1955	0.01
Colorado	1.05	9	1960	0.63
South Dakota	1.19	12	2001	0.72
Minnesota	2.08	18	1930	1.24
Montana	0.59	21	2001	0.2
Wisconsin	2.53	24	1930	1.07
Missouri	2.35	26	1909	0.6
West Virginia	3.05	28	1957	1.55
Vermont	3.15	30	1957	1.28
New Mexico	1.75	33	1962	0.64
Iowa	2.94	38	1984	1.05
Ohio	2.86	40	1951	1.31
North Dakota	1.74	45	1961	0.72
New York	3.4	52	1907	1.47
Kansas	2.83	53	1913	0.53
Utah	0.87	53	1985	0.07
Texas	2.07	55	2000	0.47
Michigan	3.01	57	1930	0.76
Delaware	4.29	59	2008	0.99
Oklahoma	2.8	60	2000	0.14
Pennsylvania	3.66	60	1930	1.29
Kentucky	3.47	62	1925	1.27
Connecticut	4.07	67	1981	1.03
Tennessee	3.76	67	1953	0.97
Illinois	3.53	68	1953	1.12
Rhode Island	3.57	70	1984	0.58
Maryland	4.64	77	1930	1.07
Arizona	2.38	84	1962	0.62
Indiana	4.07	86	1897	1.59
New Jersey	5.68	86	1964	0.9
New Hampshire	5.03	87	1996	0.96
Virginia	4.91	87	1930	1.74
Maine	4.62	88	2002	1.08
North Carolina	6.35	89	1997	1.94
California	0.28	92	2002	0
Georgia	6.39	96	1925	1.84
Massachusetts	4.82	96	1907	1.11
Arkansas	4.38	97	2000	0.4
South Carolina	7.53	98	1925	1.47
Nevada	1.03	104	1944	0
Alabama	6.31	111	1925	1.13
Florida	11.69	115	1938	4.05
Louisiana	8.47	117	1980	1.67
Mississippi	8.58	117	1954	1.4