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Wettest Spring in 25 Years; Fourth Wettest on Record

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
655 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

…THE WETTEST SPRING IN 25 YEARS; FOURTH WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD IN JACKSON…

 

SPRING 2008 WHICH CONSISTS OF THE MONTHS OF MARCH, APRIL AND MAY GOES DOWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE FOURTH WETTEST EVER RECORDED.  PRECIPITATION AT JACKSON’S MCKELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL AIRPORT TOTALED 24.77″.  BELOW IS A TABLE OF THE TOP FIVE WETTEST SPRINGS IN JACKSON:

 

1.  1973 – 27.01″

2.  1983 – 25.51″

3.  1974 – 25.14″

4.  2008 – 24.77″

5.  1979 – 22.29″

 

IT IS CERTAINLY THE WETTEST SPRING IN THE LAST 25 YEARS.

 

HOLMES

June’s First Full Week: Hot & Humid with Spotty PM T’storms