October is supposed to be the driest month of the year in Alabama.
So much for that.
For some parts of the state, rainfall was close to normal, but most communities were wetter than usual. Here is a roundup + some extra notes at the end:
6.50 inches at Black Creek*
6.23 at Cottondale
4.32 at Alabaster
3.98 at Sterrett (Shelby County)
4.97 at Birmingham Airport*
3.97 at Huntsville Airport*
4.02 at Montgomery Dannelley Field*
5.63 at Mobile Regional Airport*
3.88 at Muscle Shoals Airport
3.74 at Decatur Airport
3.63 at Annniston Airport
4.80 at Shelby County Airport
7.20 at Tuscaloosa Airport*
2.88 at Troy
ADDITIONAL NOTES
* Vic Bell,the 33/40 skywatcher for Black Creek in NE Etowah County reported 9 frosts and 6 freezes during October.
* The 2006 rain surplus for the year in Birmingham is 6.04 inches.
* Huntsville reports a deficiency of 12.43 inches for the year.
* Montgomery has a deficiency of slightly over 9 inches for the year.
* Very interesting rainfall situation in Mobile. Even though they 5.63 inches in October, they are still short almost 20 inches for 2006 (19.93 to be exact). Last year at this time, they had received 68.02 inches through the end of October as compared to only 36.29 inches this year.
* Even though Tuscaloosa got 7.20 inches of rain during October, 3.85 inches of that (more than half of the month’s amount) fell in just two days on the 16th and 17th.
