This very interesting statement from Jason Elliott, forecaster with the NWS/Huntsville. Jason and I both grew up in West Alabama (Fayette and Hale) No kin, but I wish I was.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
800 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2008
..2008 STILL DRY SO FAR
IF YOU THINK 2008 HAS BEEN WETTER THAN THE RECORD DRY 2007 SO
FAR…YOU’RE RIGHT. BUT…IT STILL FALLS AMONG THE DRIEST YEARS EVER
RECORDED UP TO THIS DATE.
THROUGH AUGUST 19TH…THE FOLLOWING ARE THE DRIEST YEARS-TO-DATE ON
RECORD:
1ST… 17.35 INCHES IN 2007
2ND… 19.83 INCHES IN 1925
3RD… 20.16 INCHES IN 1902
4TH… 20.45 INCHES IN 1914
5TH… 22.87 INCHES IN 1988
6TH… 24.07 INCHES IN 1930
7TH… 24.99 INCHES IN 2008
8TH… 25.13 INCHES IN 2006
AS YOU CAN SEE…THREE OF THE EIGHT DRIEST YEARS UP TO THIS POINT
ARE THE LAST THREE YEARS. 2005 IS NOT MUCH BETTER AT 14TH DRIEST.
2004 WAS 38TH DRIEST AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR.
THE PRECIPITATION PERIOD OF RECORD AT HUNTSVILLE SPANS 102 YEARS…
FROM 1907 TO 2008.
ELLIOTT
