IEM Daily Feature
Tuesday, 08 June 2010

A month's worth in a day

Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:09 AM

Yesterday's feature highlighted the rainfall recorded at Lamoni. The station reported more rainfall in a day than what on average falls during the entire month of June! The featured chart today displays the frequency of a climate site in Iowa picking up more rainfall in a day than what is average for the month. While the chart may seem counter intuitive, monthly precipitation averages during the winter months are much lower and so a bit easier to exceed than the summer months. More heavy rainfall is occurring this morning.

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