PNSALY
CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-020500-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1247 PM EST THU JAN 1 2009

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

...THE YEAR THAT JUST ENDED...2008...WAS THE SECOND WETTEST YEAR ON
RECORD IN ALBANY NEW YORK...

DURING 2008...47.79 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL AT THE ALBANY
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WHICH MAKES 2008 THE SECOND WETTEST YEAR
ON RECORD WITH PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR ALBANY BEGINNING IN 1874.

IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT 5 OF THE TOP 10 WETTEST YEARS HAVE
OCCURRED THIS DECADE...2008 2ND WETTEST...2005 3RD WETTEST...2000
7TH WETTEST...2006 8TH WETTEST AND 2003 9TH WETTEST.

THE WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD IN ALBANY REMAINS 1878...WHEN 49.37
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL.

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