As Wichita and the surrounding area continue to dry out from the deluge of Sept. 12, I thought I’d put this year’s remarkably rainy weather into perspective.
With more than three months remaining, 2008 already ranks as the second-wettest year in Wichita since local records began being kept in the 1880s. Through Monday morning, 47.14 inches has fallen in the city, second only to the 50.48 inches that fell in 1951.
September already ranks as the fourth wettest month on record, with 12.94 inches of rain. Most of that fell in a single day – 10.31 inches on the 12th – which obliterated the old 24-hour record of 7.99 inches set in 1911.
Fortunately, no rain is in the forecast for the next several days, allowing good conditions for those hit hard by flooding in the region to clean up and make repairs.