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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1010 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006

...WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD AT NORFOLK...
...6TH WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD AT RICHMOND...
...2ND WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD AT SALISBURY...

_________NORFOLK________

-WITH A MONTHLY TOTAL OF 10.53 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...JUNE 2006 
RANKS AS THE WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD AT NORFOLK SINCE RECORDS BEGAN 
IN 1871. THIS IS MORE THAN HAD OCCURRED DURING THE 1ST 5 MONTHS THIS 
YEAR (JANUARY THROUGH MAY RECEIVED 10.46"). THE PREVIOUS WETTEST 
JUNE HAD BEEN IN 1922 WHEN 9.78 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED.

A DAILY RECORD WAS SET ON THE 14TH WHEN 4.06 INCHES FELL. THIS IS 
ALSO THE 3RD WETTEST JUNE DAY OF RECORD (WETTEST IS 4.67" JUNE 17TH 
1893). 

THROUGH THE END OF JUNE...THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION DEFICIT 
FOR 2006 HAS BEEN REDUCED TO JUST 1.25 INCHES BELOW NORMAL (20.99" 
COMPARED TO A NORMAL OF 22.24"). 


________RICHMOND________

-WITH A MONTHLY TOTAL OF 7.85 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...JUNE 2006 
RANKS AS THE 6TH WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD AT RICHMOND SINCE RECORDS 
BEGAN IN 1872. THIS FOLLOWS THE 4TH DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD AT 
RICHMOND (MARCH THROUGH MAY RECEIVED ONLY 5.62") THE WETTEST JUNE 
RECEIVED 9.93 INCHES BACK IN 2004.

THROUGH THE END OF JUNE...THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION DEFICIT FOR 2006 
HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 3.47 INCHES BELOW NORMAL (17.83" COMPARED TO A 
NORMAL OF 21.30").


________SALISBURY________

-WITH A MONTHLY TOTAL OF 8.21 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...JUNE 2006 
RANKS AS THE 2ND WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD AT SALISBURY SINCE RECORDS 
BEGAN IN 1906. THE WETTEST JUNE RECEIVED 9.27 INCHES BACK IN 1972.

THROUGH THE END OF JUNE...THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION DEFICIT FOR 2006 
HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 4.35 INCHES BELOW NORMAL (18.77" COMPARED TO A 
NORMAL OF 23.12").
  
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