When It Rains, It Pours
Pardon me for borrowing a trademark, but it certainly seems appropriate given today’s rainfall. Now that the bulk of the precipitation is over, it looks like I got 2.31 inches of rain today, the largest single-day rainfall since July 7, 2005, when Tropical Storm Cindy visited North Georgia. Some other reported rainfall amounts in the Atlanta area include 2.1 inches in Alpharetta, 1.68 inches in Atlanta (Clark University), 1.8 inches at Atlanta Hartsfield, 1.17 inches in Dallas, 1.89 inches in Dunwoody, 1.61 inches in Gainesville, 2.05 inches in Griffin, 1.81 inches in Johns Creek and 1.57 inches in Watkinsville. It looks like the most rain fell in Athens, with 3.16 inches of precipitation.
That means we’ve tripled the amount of rain for all of September, at least here in Lawrenceville. The Weather Service is reporting Macon’s September rainfall was the third lowest on record, and Columbus had the fifth lowest September rainfall total since recordkeeping began. Macon and Columbus aren’t suffering too badly for the year, however, with Macon short about 2.33 inches and Columbus short only .78 inches of rainfall through September 30th. In contrast, Atlanta was 8.25 inches less than normal and Athens was a whopping 11.97 inches less than normal rainfall through the end of last month.
We still have a chance of getting some more rain overnight as the low pressure system moves through the state. Then, things look to dry out for a while. While I appreciate the rainfall, it would be nice if it were spread out a little bit more.
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October 9th, 2008 at 9:53 am
YES!!!!!!!!! It was BEAUTIFUL!!!