March-April 2003 Mar 1, 2003 through Apr 30, 2003
Climate Division	Total Rainfall	Departure from Normal	Pct of Normal	Driest since	Wettest since	Rank since 1921 (83 periods)	Percentile Ranking	Driest on Record	Wettest on Record
Panhandle	2.39"	-1.09"	69 %	2002 (0.96")	2000 (6.05")	40th driest	48th	0.37" (1956)	7.74" (1999)
North Central	5.17"	-0.47"	92 %	2002 (3.31")	2000 (7.76")	33rd wettest	61st	0.66" (1936)	11.86" (1973)
Northeast	5.72"	-1.95"	75 %	2001 (2.91")	2002 (6.25")	32nd driest	39th	2.37" (1971)	15.50" (1973)
West Central	3.34"	-1.66"	67 %	2001 (2.01")	2002 (3.63")	30th driest	36th	0.40" (1996)	10.33" (1973)
Central	4.25"	-2.52"	63 %	2001 (2.23")	2002 (6.25")	23rd driest	28th	0.77" (1936)	14.66" (1990)
East Central	4.67"	-3.75"	56 %	2001 (3.35")	2002 (10.27")	11th driest	13th	1.90" (1936)	20.69" (1945)
Southwest	2.67"	-2.26"	54 %	2001 (1.58")	2002 (6.41")	15th driest	18th	0.70" (1971)	10.04" (1957)
South Central	2.44"	-4.87"	33 %	----	2002 (10.98")	1st driest	1st	2.53" (1936)	18.53" (1990)
Southeast	3.84"	-5.13"	43 %	1936 (2.83")	2002 (15.94")	2nd driest	2nd	2.83" (1936)	18.44" (1957)
Statewide	3.87"	-2.60"	60 %	2001 (2.86")	2002 (6.96")	15th driest	18th	1.54" (1936)	12.31" (1973)