PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
932 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2011

...SUMMARY OF THE ABNORMALLY WET SPRING...

PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
LEAD TO AN ACTIVE STORM TRACK OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS SPRING AND
COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL. ALL THREE MONTHS (MARCH/APRIL/MAY) OF
METEOROLOGICAL SPRING RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL AT THE THREE
AREA CLIMATE STATIONS. APRIL WAS BY FAR THE RAINIEST MONTH. MAY
RAINFALL TOTALS WERE APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES ABOVE NORMAL...WHILE
MARCH WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. THANKS TO THE EXTREMELY HIGH
RECORD APRIL RAINFALL...CINCINNATI HAS SET THE WETTEST SPRING
ON RECORD. COLUMBUS AND DAYTON RANKED THIRD WETTEST. THE FOLLOWING
ARE LISTINGS OF THE HIGHEST SPRING RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE
AREA.

...COLUMBUS...

 AMOUNT (INCHES)       YEAR
 19.22                 1882
 17.90                 1964
*17.62                 2011
 17.46                 1945
 15.60                 1996

THE 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE FOR SPRING RAINFALL AT COLUMBUS
IS 10.02 INCHES. COLUMBUS RECORDS GO BACK TO 1878.

47 DAYS THIS SPRING...OR 51 PERCENT...RECORDED AT LEAST 0.01
INCHES OF RAIN AT COLUMBUS.

...CINCINNATI...

 AMOUNT (INCHES)       YEAR
*24.78                 2011
 22.98                 1996
 21.27                 1933
 20.04                 1964
 19.18                 1945

THE 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE FOR SPRING RAINFALL AT
CINCINNATI IS 12.45 INCHES. CINCINNATI RECORDS GO BACK TO 1871.

49 DAYS THIS SPRING...OR 53 PERCENT...RECORDED AT LEAST 0.01
INCHES OF RAIN AT CINCINNATI.

...DAYTON...

 AMOUNT (INCHES)       YEAR
 21.06                 1989
 20.83                 1996
*18.95                 2011
 18.18                 1933
 18.07                 1938

THE 30-YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE FOR SPRING RAINFALL AT DAYTON
IS 11.49 INCHES. DAYTON RECORDS GO BACK TO 1893.

49 DAYS THIS SPRING...OR 53 PERCENT...RECORDED AT LEAST 0.01
INCHES OF RAIN AT DAYTON.

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SNYDER