What a Difference a Year Makes
A year ago today, Birmingham Airport had received a mere 9.68 inches of rain and we were showing a deficit of over 13 inches!
By this afternoon, Birmingham had received 1.82 inches from today’s storms bringing our 2008 total to 24.70, a SURPLUS of 1.87. (We can finalize those numbers later this evening when final totals are available.
So, we have about 2-1/2 times more rain this year.
Not everyone is in that well off. Various locations around the state still have a deficiency of several inches.
Since today’s rain was a (big) (huge) (great) event (choose one) we will post a comprehensive list of rain amounts around 8 oclock tonight. All of the totals should be in by then.
May 15th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
JB, my totals on Simmons’ Mt. kept increasing with additional rain. The total finally topped out at 1.81 inches after all the rain moved out.
May 15th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
I guess this means we’re are finally chipping away at last years deficit with this year’s excess….if that’s how it works.
May 15th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Hey- was looking at the radar and see a pretty solid line of rain/t-storms moving into northwestern MS and seemingly heading southeast. Seems to be heading our way if it holds together. Are we in for a little more rain late tonight?
May 16th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
How does this put in with the drought in long range terms? How far behind are we still for the deficit of the last few years?