Mobile WFO's April Record Rainfall Totals

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2014

...RECORD APRIL RAINFALL...

PENSACOLA...

PENSACOLA RECORDED 29.53 INCHES OF RAIN IN APRIL WHICH WAS 25.21
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL...MAKING IT THE WETTEST APRIL AND WETTEST MONTH
EVER RECORDED.

PREVIOUS APRIL RECORDS

24.46...2005
17.03...1937
15.52...1964
13.90...1918

WETTEST MONTHS

29.53...APRIL 2014
24.46...APRIL 2005
21.43...AUGUST 1935
21.14...JUNE 1994

NOTE: PRECIP AMOUNTS FOR 04/29 AND 04/30 WERE ESTIMATED FROM NEARBY
WSR-88D DUAL POL RADAR DATA DUE TO A POWER FAILURE ON THE AUTOMATED
OBSERVING SYSTEM AT PNS ON THE EVENING OF 04/29.


MOBILE...

MOBILE RECORDED 18.09 INCHES OF RAIN IN APRIL WHICH WAS 13.30 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL...MAKING IT THE WETTEST APRIL EVER RECORDED AND THE 8TH
WETTEST MONTH.

PREVIOUS APRIL RECORDS

17.69...1955
17.32...1912
16.62...2005
15.43...1980

WETTEST MONTHS

26.67...JUNE 1900
24.13...SEPTEMBER 1998
20.66...JUNE 2003
20.50...JULY 1916


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