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How Does This Year's Rain Compare to Previous Years?

The metro Atlanta area has gotten much more rain in 2013, but how many more inches have fallen?

Written by Judy Putnam

If you think it seems like a lot of rain has fallen in the metro Atlanta area this year, you're right. Mother Nature has been sending an above average amount of the wet stuff in 2013.

According to the National Weather Service, Atlanta received 5.24 inches in August. The average, based on data gathered between 1981-2010, is 3.90 inches.


And in July, when many 4th-of-July celebrations were cancelled due a deluge of rain, the metro area had 8.48 inches compared to 5.27 which usually falls during that month.

But August's 5.24 inches of precipitation didn't break any records. In 2006 the metro area received 8.66 - and in 2005 in the month of July 14.63 inches fell.

So what about the rest of the year? The prognosticators predict that October through December the area will move back into the normal range: 

Average inches of rainfall:
Oct:   3.41
Nov:  4.10
Dec:  3.90

The average rainfall for September is 4.47 inches, but it's hurricane season, so anything goes.


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