May 2013 Precipitation Review

Here is a composite chart showing rainfall for the month of May, 2013.  A total of 5.77 inches of rainfall, or 112% of normal, was recorded over 13 precipitation days in www.cocorahs.org rain gauge MS-SF-1, located on the north side of Indianola, Mississippi.  For May, there were five notable rain events.  The first was May 1-6, which yielded a total of 2.71" of rainfall.  The second was May 10-11 with .88 inches recorded.  On May 17-18, another 0.82" fell, as did 0.64" on May 22.   Our final rain event was May 30-31 with 0.72" recorded.

Year-to-Date MS-SF-1 has recorded 34.15 inches of precipitation, which is 63% of our annual normal.

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Year-to-Date:

Date	Precip
05/01/2013	0.03
05/02/2013	0.83
05/03/2013	1.32
05/04/2013	0.47
05/05/2013	0.05
05/06/2013	0.01
05/07/2013	0.00
05/08/2013	0.00
05/09/2013	0.00
05/10/2013	0.11
05/11/2013	0.77
05/12/2013	0.00
05/13/2013	0.00
05/14/2013	0.00
05/15/2013	0.00
05/16/2013	0.00
05/17/2013	0.78
05/18/2013	0.04
05/19/2013	0.00
05/20/2013	0.00
05/21/2013	0.00
05/22/2013	0.64
05/23/2013	0.00
05/24/2013	0.00
05/25/2013	0.00
05/26/2013	0.00
05/27/2013	0.00
05/28/2013	0.00
05/29/2013	0.00
05/30/2013	0.70
05/31/2013	0.02
Totals :	5.77