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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

December 2012 Rainfall Review

Here is a composite chart showing rainfall for the month of December, 2012.  A total of 6.91 inches of rainfall was recoded in www.cocorahs.org rain gauge MS-SF-1, located on the north side of Indianola, Mississippi.

If you're willing to record daily precipitation totals, please visit the CoCoRaHS website linked above for more information on how to join the network.  CoCoRaHS data is used by a wide variety of organizations, including the National Weather Service, emergency mangers, hydrologists, and many others.  CoCoRaHS data can be enhanced by having one station per square mile in urban areas, and one station every 36 square miles (survey township size) in rural areas.

NOTE: 1.84" rainfall was recorded the morning of 1/1/2013.  This rainfall will appear in the January 2013 totals, even though a significant portion of that amount fell overnight between December 31 and January 1.

DatePrecip
12/01/20120.00
12/02/20120.00
12/03/20120.00
12/04/20120.00
12/05/20122.26
12/06/20120.01
12/07/2012T
12/08/20120.00
12/09/20120.18
12/10/20121.13
12/11/20120.01
12/12/20120.00
12/13/20120.00
12/14/20120.00
12/15/20120.02
12/16/20120.72
12/17/20120.50
12/18/20120.00
12/19/20120.00
12/20/20120.28
12/21/2012T
12/22/20120.00
12/23/20120.01
12/24/20120.06
12/25/20120.01
12/26/20121.22
12/27/20120.01
12/28/20120.11
12/29/20120.38
12/30/20120.00
12/31/20120.00
Totals : 6.91

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