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A Wet April – So Far

| April 15, 2014 @ 9:06 am

I’m sure it is no surprise to anyone in Central Alabama that April has been wet. So just how wet has it been? Seems like a fair question considering we are tipping over the mid point of the month which also happens to be the dreaded tax filing day! So, while some are rushing to get their tax figures figured, how does April shape up on rainfall?

Here is a table showing the rainfall through April 14th from the primary observing sites in North and Central Alabama, the ranking of that rainfall for 2014, and the record rainfall and year of that record. All of this data comes from published reports and databases from the National Weather Service in Birmingham.

Since we are at the halfway point in the month, if the second half of the month is as rainy as the first half, we will likely see most observing sites reaching values putting April, 2014, into the top 15 of our all time wettest Aprils.

City Rainfall Ranking Record/Year
Birmingham 6.20″ 30th 13.75″/1979
Tuscaloosa 6.22″ 16th 14.41″/1979
Anniston 5.13″ 20th 17.30″/1979
Calera 6.31″ Unknown Unknown
Montgomery 5.84″ 33rd 15.94″/1912
Muscle Shoals 3.19″ 39th 12.81″/1983
Huntsville 3.77″ 30th 14.00″/1911
Troy 6.67″ Unknown Unknown

The next few days are expected to be dry, but some limited showers are forecast to return around Friday.

-Brian-

Category: Alabama's Weather

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Brian Peters is one of the television meteorologists at ABC3340 in Birmingham and a retired NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist. He handles the weekend Weather Xtreme Videos and forecast discussion and is the Webmaster for the popular WeatherBrains podcast.

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