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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
352 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009


...RECORD DECEMBER RAINFALL AT WILMINGTON AIRPORT...

WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL OF 2.14 INCHES ON DECEMBER
25TH...WILMINGTON AIRPORT HAS NOW RECEIVED 8.07 INCHES OF RAINFALL
THIS MONTH. THIS SURPASSES THE PREVIOUS DECEMBER ALL-TIME MONTHLY
RECORD OF 7.13 INCHES SET WAY BACK IN 1877. THE NORMAL DECEMBER
RAINFALL IS 3.78 INCHES.

THIS RAIN ALSO PUSHED THE YEARLY RAINFALL TOTAL AT WILMINGTON TO
58.94 INCHES WHICH GUARANTEES WILMINGTON WILL FINISH ABOVE NORMAL
FOR ANNUAL RAINFALL. THE 30-YEAR NORMAL WILMINGTON RAINFALL IS 57.05
INCHES.

WITH MORE RAIN POSSIBLE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR...THIS RECORD MAY
ONLY LAST A FEW DAYS!


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JDW