WETTEST APRIL (2005) IN RECORDED HISTORY:-
San Juan Puerto Rico 15.00 inches (old record was 10.37inches in 1988...the record was broken by Apr 21st with additional rainfall thereafter)
Pensacola Florida 24.46 inches* (old record was 17.03inches in 1937...the record was broken by Apr 12th with additional rainfall thereafter)
*most rain in any month*
-justin-
San Juan PR/Pensacola FL records wettest April ever
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San Juan PR/Pensacola FL records wettest April ever
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Yes it was a very wet april here in Puerto Rico.But we dodged a big rain event that would haved added 5-10 more inches to those 15.00.
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Pensacola rains
http://weartv.com/news/Stories/april/04 ... ains.shtml
Record Rains
By: amcintosh@sbgnet.com
As rolling thunder rumbles, downpours once again hit the Gulf Coast.
By noon, the all-time rain record is broken in the Pensacola area.
Downtown, sheets of water stream off awnings.
The annual Kid's Fishing Clinic, which draws hundreds every year, is cancelled, along with a ton of other weekend events.
John Babb/Kent's Special Events: "Several of our event sites are underwater, literally shin deep. There's just incredible amounts of water that have puddled up with no where to go."
At the civic center, the storm puts a damper on the commencement for University of West Florida graduates and their families.
Rain leaks into the building during the ceremony, and has people running for their cars after it.
Diane Burt, a proud, but soaked parent is sick of the storms.
Diane Burt/Soaked By Rains: "We're gonna start building arks I think. I think we need that."
People in this neighborhood have been plagued by a holding pond that has constanltly overflowed in the last four weeks.
Andrew McIntosh/Reporting: "This is the third time the Greenbriar subdivision in Santa Rosa County has Flooded in the month of April. Residents feel like they just can't get a break."
Clint Cook/Greenbriar Resident: "Everytime it rains a little bit, it's just flooded back up. It's frustrating when you get out of your doorstep and you step in water."
A stranded Clint Cook and his family hope the April showers don't continue into May.
Some residents say they won't be surprised if next month brings more miserable weather.
Babb: "Living in Pensacola, Florida, you never know, could be a hurricane, could be 23 inches of rain in April, go figure."
Record Rains
By: amcintosh@sbgnet.com
As rolling thunder rumbles, downpours once again hit the Gulf Coast.
By noon, the all-time rain record is broken in the Pensacola area.
Not just for April, the 20-plus inches in the last 30 days is now the highest rain total of any month in recorded history.
Downtown, sheets of water stream off awnings.
The annual Kid's Fishing Clinic, which draws hundreds every year, is cancelled, along with a ton of other weekend events.
John Babb/Kent's Special Events: "Several of our event sites are underwater, literally shin deep. There's just incredible amounts of water that have puddled up with no where to go."
At the civic center, the storm puts a damper on the commencement for University of West Florida graduates and their families.
Rain leaks into the building during the ceremony, and has people running for their cars after it.
Diane Burt, a proud, but soaked parent is sick of the storms.
Diane Burt/Soaked By Rains: "We're gonna start building arks I think. I think we need that."
People in this neighborhood have been plagued by a holding pond that has constanltly overflowed in the last four weeks.
Andrew McIntosh/Reporting: "This is the third time the Greenbriar subdivision in Santa Rosa County has Flooded in the month of April. Residents feel like they just can't get a break."
Clint Cook/Greenbriar Resident: "Everytime it rains a little bit, it's just flooded back up. It's frustrating when you get out of your doorstep and you step in water."
A stranded Clint Cook and his family hope the April showers don't continue into May.
Some residents say they won't be surprised if next month brings more miserable weather.
Babb: "Living in Pensacola, Florida, you never know, could be a hurricane, could be 23 inches of rain in April, go figure."
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Monthly rainfall highest for Pensacola area
May 1, 2005
April showers, nothing. This was April deluge.
Before Saturday's rainfall, the month already had racked up record rainfall levels. With an additional 3.15inches of rain on Saturday, itself a new April 30th record, April 2005 is officially the wettest month in area history, according to National Weather Service records dating back to 1880, officials said.
By midnight Saturday, the month's record rainfall total reached 24.46 inches. That tops the previous wettest month, August 1935, when 21.43 inches of rain were recorded.
What's peculiar about this being the wettest month is that we would expect it to be in the summer when tropical storms come in. What people in Pensacola are seeing is unprecedented. If people are shaking their heads, that's why. We've never seen this in anybody's lifetime.
Weather Service meteorologist Dan Darbe said the area is having a wetter April because more frontal systems, some fueled by El Nino, are moving through the area. And when they do come through, they are moving more slowly than is typical, allowing them to dump more rain, he said.
You don't have to tell local residents about any records.
Although no major area roads were closed because of high water, some residents watched rainwater wash through their yards and neighborhoods for at least the third time this month.
Just nearby, Mobile Alabama picked up a record 4.43 inches of rain on Saturday, adding the month's total there to 16.62 inches, 11 inches above normal.
Pensacola normal rainfall for April is 3.89 inches.
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May 1, 2005
April showers, nothing. This was April deluge.
Before Saturday's rainfall, the month already had racked up record rainfall levels. With an additional 3.15inches of rain on Saturday, itself a new April 30th record, April 2005 is officially the wettest month in area history, according to National Weather Service records dating back to 1880, officials said.
By midnight Saturday, the month's record rainfall total reached 24.46 inches. That tops the previous wettest month, August 1935, when 21.43 inches of rain were recorded.
What's peculiar about this being the wettest month is that we would expect it to be in the summer when tropical storms come in. What people in Pensacola are seeing is unprecedented. If people are shaking their heads, that's why. We've never seen this in anybody's lifetime.
Weather Service meteorologist Dan Darbe said the area is having a wetter April because more frontal systems, some fueled by El Nino, are moving through the area. And when they do come through, they are moving more slowly than is typical, allowing them to dump more rain, he said.
You don't have to tell local residents about any records.
Although no major area roads were closed because of high water, some residents watched rainwater wash through their yards and neighborhoods for at least the third time this month.
Just nearby, Mobile Alabama picked up a record 4.43 inches of rain on Saturday, adding the month's total there to 16.62 inches, 11 inches above normal.
Pensacola normal rainfall for April is 3.89 inches.
-justin-
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tropicana wrote:
Weather Service meteorologist Dan Darbe said the area is having a wetter April because more frontal systems, some fueled by El Nino, are moving through the area. And when they do come through, they are moving more slowly than is typical, allowing them to dump more rain, he said.
Errrrmmmm ...
What El Nino?
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tropicana wrote:Monthly rainfall highest for Pensacola area
May 1, 2005
April showers, nothing. This was April deluge.
Before Saturday's rainfall, the month already had racked up record rainfall levels. With an additional 3.15inches of rain on Saturday, itself a new April 30th record, April 2005 is officially the wettest month in area history, according to National Weather Service records dating back to 1880, officials said.
By midnight Saturday, the month's record rainfall total reached 24.46 inches. That tops the previous wettest month, August 1935, when 21.43 inches of rain were recorded.
What's peculiar about this being the wettest month is that we would expect it to be in the summer when tropical storms come in. What people in Pensacola are seeing is unprecedented. If people are shaking their heads, that's why. We've never seen this in anybody's lifetime.
Weather Service meteorologist Dan Darbe said the area is having a wetter April because more frontal systems, some fueled by El Nino, are moving through the area. And when they do come through, they are moving more slowly than is typical, allowing them to dump more rain, he said.
You don't have to tell local residents about any records.
Although no major area roads were closed because of high water, some residents watched rainwater wash through their yards and neighborhoods for at least the third time this month.
Just nearby, Mobile Alabama picked up a record 4.43 inches of rain on Saturday, adding the month's total there to 16.62 inches, 11 inches above normal.
Pensacola normal rainfall for April is 3.89 inches.
-justin-
here is the link to the story..
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/new ... A0B2.shtml
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