Wichita wrapped up one of its wettest Aprils ever with a soggy sayonara: 6.81 inches of rain fell in the last five days of the month, hoisting the total for April to 9.94 inches.
That’s 7.37 inches above normal, and left 2009 second only to 1944 in April rainfall.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was wrapping up his third term in the White House and the Allies were preparing for the invasion of Normandy when 12.42 inches of April rain fell in Wichita 65 years ago.