Wettest places in the US in August

Ranked by the most precipitation in August. First: Ketchikan, AK (11.3 in), of 378 cities.

Wettest places in the US in August
Rank	City	Precipitation	High	Wet days
1	Ketchikan, AK	11.3 in	65°F	17
2	Hilo, HI	11.3 in	83°F	27
3	Naples, FL	10.8 in	91°F	20
4	Cape Coral, FL	10.4 in	92°F	18
5	Miami, FL	9.6 in	91°F	19
6	Tampa, FL	9.0 in	91°F	16
7	Lakeland, FL	8.8 in	94°F	18
8	Boca Raton, FL	8.7 in	91°F	18
9	West Palm Beach, FL	8.7 in	90°F	18
10	Key Largo, FL	8.6 in	93°F	19
11	Fort Lauderdale, FL	8.3 in	91°F	19
12	Wilmington, NC	8.2 in	88°F	14
13	Deltona, FL	8.1 in	92°F	18
14	Spring Hill, FL	8.1 in	91°F	18
15	Orlando, FL	7.7 in	92°F	17
16	Tallahassee, FL	7.6 in	92°F	15
17	Palm Bay, FL	7.5 in	91°F	16
18	Panama City Beach, FL	7.4 in	91°F	14
19	Sitka, AK	7.3 in	62°F	19
20	Port St. Lucie, FL	7.3 in	89°F	15
21	Beaumont, TX	7.2 in	93°F	10
22	St. Augustine, FL	7.2 in	90°F	15
23	Gulf Shores, AL	7.2 in	91°F	15
24	Mobile, AL	7.2 in	92°F	15
25	North Charleston, SC	7.0 in	86°F	13

Which states lead

Florida (17 of the top 25), Alaska (2 of the top 25), Alabama (2 of the top 25), then 4 more states. The top 25 range from 11.3 in to 7.0 in; the median across all 378 cities is 3.1 in.

The other end: driest in August

Wettest places through the year

Month	First place	Precipitation
January	Cannon Beach, OR	18.7 in
February	Cannon Beach, OR	12.3 in
March	Cannon Beach, OR	13.8 in
April	Ketchikan, AK	10.3 in
May	Ketchikan, AK	8.7 in
June	Miami, FL	10.5 in
July	Naples, FL	9.8 in
August	Ketchikan, AK	11.3 in
September	Ketchikan, AK	14.3 in
October	Ketchikan, AK	18.4 in
November	Cannon Beach, OR	19.2 in
December	Cannon Beach, OR	19.6 in

378 cities with data for this measure. Folded suburbs share their lead city's values and are not listed separately. Methodology.