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Wilmington Data

November 2007 Wilmington...

ANOTHER MONTH IN THE BOOKS, ANOTHER MONTH WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL FOR WILMINGTON. THE MONTHLY RAINFALL IN WILMINGTON FOR NOVEMBER WAS ONLY .60 INCHES, 2.66 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 3.26 INCHES. WE ONLY HAD 4 DAYS OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (.01 INCHES OR MORE) DURING THE MONTH. THE MONTH OPENED WITH 14 STRAIGHT DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE RAINFALL UNTIL JUST OVER A 1/3 OF AN INCH FELL ON THE 15TH. AFTER THE RAIN ON THE 15TH, 9 MORE DRY DAYS FOLLOWED UNTIL MEASURABLE RAINFALL FELL ON THE 25TH. DESPITE THESE LONG DRY STRETCHES AND NOVEMBER ENDING UP WELL BELOW NORMAL, WE DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE TOP 10 FOR DRIEST NOVEMBERS ON RECORD. BELOW THE 13 DRIEST NOVEMBERS IN WILMINGTON ARE LISTED. THE RECORDS GO BACK TO 1871.

1)	.07	1919
2)	.15	1931
3)	.19	1886
4)	.31	1941
5-)	.36	1890
6)	.38	1933
7)	.42	1883
8)	.46	1922
9)	.49	1973
10)	.52	1956
11)	.57	1909
12)	.59	1892
13)	.60	2007*

Autumn 2007 Wilmington...

THE AUTUMN SEASON (SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER) HAD 21 TOTAL DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL OUT OF 91 POSSIBLE DAYS. THIS EQUATES TO 23% OF THE AUTUMN HAVING MEASURABLE RAINFALL ON ANY GIVEN DAY. THIS SEEMS A BIT HIGH GIVEN OUR DROUGHT CONDITIONS. WHEN YOU DIG DEEPER, OF THOSE 21 TOTAL DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL, 9 OF THEM HAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

THE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR AUTUMN IN WILMINGTON WAS 7.37 INCHES, 5.89 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 13.26 INCHES. DESPITE THE AUTUMN SEASON BEING WELL BELOW NORMAL, WE ONLY RANKED 27TH DRIEST AUTUMN ON RECORD. BELOW ARE THE 10 DRIEST AUTUMNS IN WILMINGTON ON RECORD. THE RECORDS GO BACK TO 1871.

1)	.77	1931
2)	2.01	1886
3)	2.03	1941
4)	2.80	1919
5)	3.24	1981
6)	3.47	1943, 1909
8)	3.90	1899
9)	4.44	2001, 1918

2007 Wilmington...

NOVEMBER MARKS THE 11TH STRAIGHT MONTH THAT WE HAVE HAD BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN WILMINGTON. DECEMBER 2006 WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION DURING A MONTH.

THE YEARLY RAINFALL TOTAL IN WILMINGTON THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH IS 30.31 INCHES, 22.98 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 53.29 INCHES. THROUGH THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR WE MEASURED 59.54 INCHES OF RAINFALL. TO PUT THE DEFICIT IN PERSPECTIVE, AN INCH OF RAIN OVER AN ACRE OF LAND IS ABOUT 27,000 GALLONS OF WATER. WITH A DEFICIT OF 22.98 INCHES, WE ARE ABOUT 620,000 GALLONS OF WATER BELOW NORMAL PER ACRE OF LAND.

BELOW THE TOP 10 DRIEST YEARS ON RECORD IN WILMINGTON ARE LISTED. THE RECORDS GO BACK TO 1871. 2007 CURRENTLY RANKS AS THE 3RD DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD WITH 1 MONTH TO GO.

1)	27.68	1909
2)	28.69	1931
3)	30.31	2007*
4)	34.58	1902
5)	35.62	1919
6)	36.04	1927
7)	36.07	1890
8)	36.89	1904
9)	37.21	1930
10)	37.61	1968

Florence Data

November 2007 Florence ...

THE MONTHLY RAINFALL IN FLORENCE FOR NOVEMBER WAS ONLY .22 INCHES, 2.37 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 2.59 INCHES. WE ONLY HAD MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (.01 INCHES OR MORE) ON 2 OUT OF THE 30 DAYS IN THE MONTH. THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF .22 INCHES IN FLORENCE MAKES THIS NOVEMBER THE DRIEST ON RECORD. BELOW ARE THE TEN DRIEST NOVEMBERS ON RECORD IN FLORENCE. RECORDS IN FLORENCE HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1948.

1)	.22	2007
2)	.40	2001
3)	.44	1958
4)	.46	1973
5)	.48	1964
6)	.53	1984
7)	.68	1970
8)	.69	1999
9)	.81	1954
10)	.88	2003

Autumn 2007 Florence ...

THE AUTUMN SEASON (SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER) HAD 15 TOTAL DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL OUT OF 91 POSSIBLE DAYS. THIS EQUATES TO 16% OF THE AUTUMN HAVING MEASURABLE RAINFALL ON ANY GIVEN DAY. WHEN YOU DIG DEEPER, OF THOSE 15 TOTAL DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL, 6 OF THEM HAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

THE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR AUTUMN IN FLORENCE WAS 5.44 INCHES, 3.75 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 9.19 INCHES. THE AUTUMN TOTAL OF 5.44 INCHES IN FLORENCE MAKES THIS AUTUMN THE 10TH DRIEST AUTUMN ON RECORD. BELOW ARE THE TEN DRIEST AUTUMNS IN FLORENCE ON RECORD. THE RECORDS GO BACK TO 1948.

1)	2.85	1984
2)	3.83	1966
3)	3.94	1973
4)	4.04	1961
5)	4.09	2003
6)	4.24	1998
7)	4.27	1958
8)	4.38	2001
9)	4.86	1981
10)	5.44	2007*

2007 Florence ...

THE YEARLY RAINFALL TOTAL IN FLORENCE THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH IS 30.85 INCHES, 10.44 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 41.29 INCHES. THROUGH THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR WE MEASURED 44.68 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE YEARLY TOTAL OF 30.85 INCHES IS CURRENTLY THE 3RD DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD WITH A MONTH TO GO. BELOW ARE THE TEN DRIEST YEARS ON RECORD IN FLORENCE. THE RECORDS FOR FLORENCE GO BACK TO 1948. NORMAL RAINFALL IS 44.89 INCHES FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

1)	27.50	1954
2)	29.42	2001
3)	30.85	2007*
4)	33.42	1963
5)	33.95	2003
6)	34.99	1980
7)	35.59	1986
8)	35.91	1955
9)	36.04	2000
10)	36.16	1967

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