IEM Daily Feature
Thursday, 27 June 2024

Late Spring Precipitation

Posted: 27 Jun 2024 05:30 AM

The featured chart presents IEM estimated statewide average total precipitation for April, May, and June. With estimates back to 1893, a simple long term average and trend line is fit to the data with top ten and bottom ten years shown in the table. This year's total is remarkably different than 2023 with last year's total ranking 10th smallest and this year's total just outside of the top 10 largest. All of the rain has certainly put a massive dent into the accumulated drought over the past two years. It has come at the expensive of flooding and a delayed spring planting season. There are more chances of rain yet this June, so perhaps this year's total of 16.56 inches can reach the top 10!

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