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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

April 2013 Precipitation Review

If, as the proverb says, April showers bring May flowers, then our gardens should be overflowing with blooms this month!

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.

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.

Year-to-Date:

April 2013 MS-SF-1
DatePrecip
04/01/20130.33
04/02/20130.00
04/03/20130.06
04/04/20130.63
04/05/20130.11
04/06/20130.00
04/07/20130.00
04/08/20130.00
04/09/20130.01
04/10/2013T
04/11/20132.36
04/12/20131.18
04/13/20130.00
04/14/20130.00
04/15/20130.00
04/16/2013T
04/17/20130.00
04/18/20130.00
04/19/20132.61
04/20/20130.00
04/21/20130.00
04/22/20130.00
04/23/20130.00
04/24/20130.52
04/25/20130.07
04/26/20130.00
04/27/20130.00
04/28/20130.11
04/29/20130.00
04/30/20130.00
Totals : 7.99

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