Putting Our Recent Rainfall Into Perspective
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Putting Our Recent Rainfall Into Perspective
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1016 AM MDT FRI MAY 13 2011
..PUTTING OUR RECENT RAINFALL IN PERSPECTIVE...
A THREE DAY TOTAL OF 2.82 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED AT THE
BILLINGS AIRPORT EARLIER THIS WEEK FROM THE 8TH THROUGH THE 10TH.
THIS RANKS AS THE 10TH HIGHEST 3-DAY TOTAL SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN
1934. THE RECORD 3-DAY PRECIPITATION WAS 4.22 INCHES IN APRIL OF
1955. THE 2-DAY TOTAL OF 2.59 INCHES ON THE 9TH AND 10TH ALSO
RANKS AS 10TH HIGHEST.
BILLINGS SET DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS ON 2 STRAIGHT DAYS...1.08
INCHES ON THE 9TH AND 1.51 INCHES ON THE 10TH.
IT WAS THE 5TH TIME THAT BILLINGS HAS OBSERVED DAILY PRECIPITATION
OVER AN INCH FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS. THIS MOST RECENTLY OCCURRED
IN MAY OF 1978.
THE 2.82 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL OVER ROUGHLY A 48 HOUR PERIOD
EARLIER THIS WEEK WAS JUST OVER A HALF INCH MORE THAN WHAT FELL
DURING A THUNDERSTORM LAST YEAR ON JUNE 20TH...WHEN 2.24 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL IN UNDER 2 HOURS AT THE BILLINGS AIRPORT.
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