Chicago WX Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 It's been a wet Spring in some places of the Midwest. So much so that some locations are having a top 10 wettest Spring. Also, I'm going to list the monthly top 10's in the following posts. If I missed any, my apologies. If you know of an addition, please post it. Spring Top 10 Precipitation Rankings Chicago IL 1) 17.51" in 1983 2) 15.67" in 1882 3) 15.64" in 2013 4) 15.59" in 1975 5) 15.18" in 1878 6) 14.99" in 1947 7) 14.79" in 2011 8) 14.31" in 1873 9) 14.23" in 1973 10) 14.15" in 1976 Columbia MO 1) 22.73" in 1922 2) 21.77" in 1929 3) 20.57" in 1990 4) 20.47" in 2013 5) 20.46" in 1995 6) 20.12" in 1893 7) 19.68" in 1892 8) 19.50" in 1927 9) 18.82" in 1970 10) 18.05" in 1973 Dubuque IA 1) 19.28" in 1959 2) 18.16" in 2013 3) 17.37" in 1962 4) 17.28" in 2008 5) 17.23" in 1964 6) 17.03" in 1965 7) 16.38" in 1973 8) 16.19" in 1896 9) 15.46" in 1892 10) 14.25" in 1960 LaCrosse WI 1) 17.21" in 1973 2) 16.53" in 2013 3) 15.37" in 1945 4) 15.05" in 1991 5) 14.61" in 2004 6) 14.47" in 1993 7) 13.61" in 1888 8) 13.28" in 1908 9) 13.11" in 1903 10) 12.88" in 1960 Moline IL 1) 25.69" in 1973 2) 19.45" in 1974 3) 18.35" in 1970 4) 17.86" in 1990 5) 17.75" in 2013 6) 17.31" in 1892 7) 16.44" in 1876 8) 15.42" in 1944 9) 15.25" in 2004 10) 14.65" in 1995 Peoria IL 1) 20.79" in 2013 2) 19.91" in 2009 3) 18.64" in 1927 4) 18.36" in 1944 5) 16.56" in 1983 6) 16.52" in 1995 7) 16.20" in 1957 8) 15.72" in 1933, 1973 9) 15.54" in 1947 10) 15.51" in 1893 Rochester MN 1) 21.90" in 2013 2) 15.99" in 1888 3) 15.88" in 2001 4) 14.57" in 2001 5) 14.35" in 1945 6) 12.85" in 1982 7) 12.60" in 1999 8) 12.37" in 1973 9) 12.06" in 1938 10) 11.91" in 1991 St. Louis MO 1) 23.18" in 1927 2) 22.99" in 2008 3) 22.41" in 1929 4) 21.36" in 1893 5) 20.13" in 1898 6) 19.44" in 1995 7) 17.98" in 1912 8) 17.75" in 1957, 2013 9) 17.44" in 1921 10) 17.39" in 1892 Springfield IL 1) 21.83" in 1893 2) 19.36" in 1882 3) 19.30" in 2013 4) 19.05" in 1927 5) 18.65" in 1920 6) 18.56" in 1898 7) 17.76" in 1933 8) 17.39" in 1892 9) 16.65" in 1922 10) 16.58" in 1996 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 May Precipitation Rankings Columbia MO 1) 13.30" in 1943 2) 12.31" in 1995 3) 11.98" in 1929 4) 10.58" in 1892 5) 10.51" in 1990 6) 10.08" in 2002 7) 9.81" in 1970 8) 9.79" in 2013 9) 8.39" in 1898 10) 8.19" in 1935 Peoria IL 1) 11.49" in 1915 2) 10.41" in 2013 3) 10.19" in 1995 4) 9.22" in 1927 5) 8.58" in 1938 6) 7.97" in 1933 7) 7.96" in 1957 8) 7.76" in 2008 9) 7.72" in 1978 10) 7.70" in 1892 Rochester MN 1) 12.26" in 2013 2) 8.41" in 1982 3) 7.42" in 1888 4) 7.37" in 2000 5) 7.28" in 1945 6) 7.18" in 2001 7) 7.14" in 1915 8) 6.70" in 1970 9) 6.53" in 1960 10) 6.42" in 1938 Springfield IL 1) 12.01" in 1899 2) 10.90" in 2013 3) 10.72" in 1996 4) 10.60" in 1943 5) 10.59" in 1882 6) 9.86" in 1915 7) 8.84" in 1990 8) 8.69" in 1933 9) 8.68" in 2010 10) 8.61" in 1888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 April Precipitation Rankings Chicago IL 1) 8.68" in 2013 2) 8.33" in 1947 3) 7.84" in 1975 4) 7.73" in 1909 5) 7.69" in 1983 6) 7.51" in 1999 7) 7.07" in 1970 8) 6.72" in 1882 9) 6.22" in 1873 10) 6.14" in 1981 Columbia MO 1) 11.69" in 1994 2) 11.30" in 1893 3) 9.93" in 1922 4) 9.53" in 1944 5) 9.06" in 1983 6) 8.05" in 2002 7) 8.00" in 1970 8) 7.39" in 2013 9) 7.35" in 1904 10) 7.23" in 1984 Detroit MI 1) 6.89" in 1947 2) 6.17" in 1880 3) 5.65" in 1929 4) 5.61" in 2011 5) 5.51" in 1903 6) 5.29" in 1919, 2013 7) 5.23" in 1961 8) 5.13" in 1999 9) 5.03" in 1937, 2009 10) 4.97" in 1979 Dubuque IA 1) 8.54" in 2013 2) 7.80" in 1896 3) 7.69" in 1964 4) 7.47" in 1968 5) 7.40" in 1909 6) 7.23" in 1954 7) 6.92" in 1965 8) 6.84" in 1947 9) 6.65" in 1999 10) 6.60" in 2006 Flint MI 1) 6.44" in 2013 2) 5.90" in 1947 3) 5.73" in 1937 4) 5.63" in 1967 5) 5.59" in 1976 6) 5.47" in 2011 7) 5.42" in 2009 8) 5.21" in 1961 9) 5.06" in 1999 10) 5.01" in 1994 Fort Wayne IN 1) 7.19" in 1944 2) 7.11" in 1957 3) 7.10" in 2013 4) 6.87" in 1959 5) 6.37" in 1999 Grand Rapids MI 1) 11.10" in 2013 2) 8.29" in 1909 Indianapolis IN 1) 8.60" in 1893 2) 8.59" in 2013 3) 8.55" in 1922 4) 8.09" in 1964 5) 7.98" in 2011 6) 7.90" in 1944 7) 7.83" in 1957 8) 7.26" in 1920 9) 7.23" in 2009 10) 7.02" in 1996 LaCrosse WI 1) 7.31" in 1973 2) 6.79" in 1954 3) 6.74" in 2008 4) 6.51" in 1994 5) 6.07" in 1975 6) 6.02" in 1991 7) 5.96" in 1909 8) 5.92" in 2013 9) 5.84" in 1896 10) 5.78" in 1993 Lansing MI 1) 7.87" in 2013 2) 6.49" in 2009 Madison WI 1) 7.19" in 1909 2) 7.11" in 1973 3) 6.91" in 1999 4) 6.43" in 2008 5) 5.83" in 2013 Milwaukee WI 1) 7.38" in 2013 2) 7.31" in 1973 3) 7.09" in 1909 4) 6.99" in 1877 5) 6.64" in 1993 Moline IL 1) 11.30" in 1973 2) 7.92" in 1965 3) 7.36" in 1947 4) 7.21" in 2013 5) 6.97" in 1999 6) 6.37" in 1964 7) 6.19" in 1995 8) 6.02" in 1909 9) 5.87" in 1950 10) 5.61" in 1943 Peoria IL 1) 8.66" in 1947 2) 8.49" in 1950 3) 8.32" in 1944 4) 7.86" in 1893 5) 7.75" in 2013 6) 7.18" in 1970 7) 7.17" in 1909 8) 7.06" in 1983 9) 6.92" in 1964 10) 6.88" in 1912 Rochester MN 1) 7.30" in 2001 2) 6.79" in 2013 3) 6.47" in 1990, 1999 4) 5.51" in 2006 5) 5.25" in 1991 6) 5.22" in 1929 7) 4.95" in 1994 8) 4.68" in 1954 9) 4.56" in 1993 10) 4.54" in 1945 Rockford IL 1) 9.92" in 1973 2) 8.17" in 1964 3) 7.94" in 2013 4) 7.77" in 1999 5) 7.12" in 1927 6) 6.29" in 1921 7) 6.21" in 1972 8) 6.20" in 1929 9) 6.11" in 1993 10) 6.01" in 1909 Saginaw MI 1) 7.33" in 2013 2) 6.83" in 1967 3) 5.96" in 2011 4) 5.93" in 1991 5) 5.61" in 2009 6) 5.47" in 1929 7) 5.34" in 1994 8) 5.15" in 1992 9) 4.82" in 1980 10) 4.81" in 1947 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Nice work, as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 Updated the May and Spring totals above. Peoria and Rochester with their wettest Springs on record in 2013. Rochester demolishing their previous record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Great analysis Chicago Wx! 11.79" here total between Mar-May. 1.70", 7.44", 2.65" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimmesnow Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 What I see on the central Indiana totals confirms my memory that 2011 started out very wet but by early June, I think, the water got turned off and we started moving into drought. Perhaps I am wrong but this thought keeps occurring to me this spring. I have had enough of drought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 What I see on the central Indiana totals confirms my memory that 2011 started out very wet but by early June, I think, the water got turned off and we started moving into drought. Perhaps I am wrong but this thought keeps occurring to me this spring. I have had enough of drought! June 2011 was pretty wet through the end of the month, but then July hit and it went very dry. Indy had their driest July on record that year. August wasn't much better. But yeah, things can always turn around fairly quickly...in either direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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