A wet nine months, but not nearly a record
FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:
We noted here a few days back that the period from Jan. 1 through September would rank as the fifth-wettest such period on record for Baltimore. We saw more than 46 inches in those nine months, nearly 5 inches more than our annual average.
Someone asked how close we came to the record. Another inch would have put us in fourth place, ahead of 1933, which also saw Baltimore’s wettest day (7.62 inches on Aug. 23). But we fell well short of the 51.11-inch record set Jan.-Sept., 1889.
(SUN PHOTO: Frank Roylance)
Posted by Frank Roylance at 12:03 AM | Permalink
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Categories: By the numbers, From the Sun's print edition
Categories: By the numbers, From the Sun's print edition
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Frank,
ONE clear day for the whole month of September!?!...Are you kidding me??? That has to be a record - A truly forgettable month.
Thanks,
David
Posted by: David | October 2, 2011 1:35 AM
I think most people have already forgotten how dry and clear May-June-July were, for the most part. Working at an outdoor pool, we had very few rainouts in that time. So, that's how I remember. Obviously August and September were almost an entire wash (again, easy to remember when work is cancelled).
Regardless, it certainly has felt like a wet year just from the last two dreary months.
Posted by: Dan | October 2, 2011 11:36 AM