Here is a composite chart showing rainfall for the month of April, 2013. A total of 7.99 inches of rainfall, or 155% of normal, was recorded over 11 precipitation days, with two days of Trace rainfall, in www.cocorahs.org rain gauge MS-SF-1, located on the north side of Indianola, Mississippi. For April, there were two significant rain events. The first was April 11 & 12, which yielded a total of 3.54" of rainfall. The second was April 19 with 2.61 inches recorded. Between April 1 and April 5, 1.13" was recorded. Another minor rainfall event was logged on April 24 & 25 with a total of 0.59" for that period.
Year-to-Date MS-SF-1 has recorded 28.38 inches of precipitation, which is 53% of our annual normal.
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Year-to-Date:
April 2013 MS-SF-1
| Date | Precip |
| 04/01/2013 | 0.33 |
| 04/02/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/03/2013 | 0.06 |
| 04/04/2013 | 0.63 |
| 04/05/2013 | 0.11 |
| 04/06/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/07/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/08/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/09/2013 | 0.01 |
| 04/10/2013 | T |
| 04/11/2013 | 2.36 |
| 04/12/2013 | 1.18 |
| 04/13/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/14/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/15/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/16/2013 | T |
| 04/17/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/18/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/19/2013 | 2.61 |
| 04/20/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/21/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/22/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/23/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/24/2013 | 0.52 |
| 04/25/2013 | 0.07 |
| 04/26/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/27/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/28/2013 | 0.11 |
| 04/29/2013 | 0.00 |
| 04/30/2013 | 0.00 |
| Totals : | 7.99 |
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