RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
420 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2007
...WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD SET IN THE TWIN CITIES...
A NEW RECORD HAS BEEN SET FOR AUGUST MONTHLY RAINFALL IN THE
TWIN CITIES. THROUGH MIDNIGHT AUGUST 28 2007...9.32 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR AT THE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
THE OLD RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST WAS 9.31 INCHES SET BACK
IN AUGUST OF 1977. SO FAR THIS MONTH...MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS 5.62 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL AUGUST
MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 3.70 INCHES.
RANKING OF THE TOP FIVE AUGUST RAINFALL TOTALS:
9.32 INCHES 2007
9.31 INCHES 1977
8.74 INCHES 1875
8.70 INCHES 1914
8.30 INCHES 2002
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