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 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
 1005 AM PDT TUE JUN 3 2008
 
 ...DRIEST SPRING FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...
 
 THIS YEAR MARKS THE DRIEST MARCH...APRIL...MAY...CLIMATOLOGICAL 
 SPRING...AT SEVERAL STATIONS ACROSS INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
 
 IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE SPRING OF 2008 WERE 
 AS FOLLOWS...
 
 MARCH 2008..........................0.12 INCHES
 APRIL 2008..........................0.01 INCHES
 MAY 2008............................0.04 INCHES
 TOTAL PRECIP FOR 3-MONTH PERIOD.....0.17 INCHES
 
 THE PREVIOUS DRIEST SPRING OCCURRED IN 1934.
 
 MARCH 1934..........................0.13 INCHES
 APRIL 1934..........................0.16 INCHES
 MAY 1934............................0.26 INCHES
 TOTAL PRECIP FOR 3-MONTH PERIOD.....0.55 INCHES
 
 RECORDS AT THE DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO SITE HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 
 1849.
 
 IN ADDITION...RECORDS FOR THE DRIEST MARCH...APRIL...MAY PERIOD WERE 
 ALSO BROKEN AT THE STOCKTON AIRPORT...THE MODESTO AIRPORT...AND THE 
 RED BLUFF AIRPORT.
 
 FOR THE STOCKTON AIRPORT...
 MARCH 2008..........................0.05 INCHES
 APRIL 2008..........................0.01 INCHES
 MAY 2008............................0.02 INCHES
 TOTAL PRECIP FOR 3-MONTH PERIOD.....0.08 INCHES
 
 THE PREVIOUS RECORD AT STOCKTON FOR THIS PERIOD WAS 0.51 INCHES IN 
 1997.  RECORDS AT THIS SITE HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1948.
 
 FOR THE MODESTO AIRPORT...
 MARCH 2008..........................0.01 INCHES
 APRIL 2008..........................TRACE 
 MAY 2008............................0.09 INCHES
 TOTAL PRECIP FOR 3-MONTH PERIOD.....0.10 INCHES
 
 THE PREVIOUS RECORD AT MODESTO FOR THIS PERIOD WAS 0.35 INCHES IN 
 1997.  RECORDS AT THIS SITE HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1931.
 
 FOR THE RED BLUFF AIRPORT...
 MARCH 2008..........................0.07 INCHES
 APRIL 2008..........................0.11 INCHES
 MAY 2008............................0.26 INCHES
 TOTAL PRECIP FOR 3-MONTH PERIOD.....0.44 INCHES
 
 THE PREVIOUS RECORD AT RED BLUFF FOR THIS PERIOD WAS 1.08 INCHES IN 
 1959.  RECORDS AT THIS SITE HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1933.
 
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