Thursday, December 3, 2009

Record November Rainfall in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia


Update: The National Climatic Data Center also reports that all-time November daily precipitation records were set on the 10th through the 12th from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida:
               Amount  Previous record Date
Virginia
Lynchburg 2.81" 2.54" Nov. 29, 1934
Danville 2.67" 2.58" Nov. 9, 1962
Norfolk 4.90" 3.31" Nov. 21, 1952
Richmond 3.51" 3.00" Nov. 24, 1959
North Carolina
New Bern 3.99" 3.57" Nov. 22, 2006
Elizabeth City 4.33" 3.54" Nov. 2, 1969
South Carolina
N. Myrtle Beach 3.63" 3.33" Nov. 21, 2005
Georgia
Columbus 5.44" 4.15" Nov. 25, 1992
Atlanta 4.05" 3.98" Nov. 12, 1935
Original post:
November rainfall smashed monthly records by a wide margin in central and southeastern Virginia, according to the National Weather Service:
A RECORD MONTHLY MAXIMUM RAINFALL OF 9.20 INCHES WAS SET AT NORFOLK
VA IN NOVEMBER 2009. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 7.01 SET IN 1951.

A RECORD MONTHLY MAXIMUM RAINFALL OF 9.60 INCHES WAS SET AT RICHMOND
VA IN NOVEMBER 2009. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 7.64 SET IN 1959.

Image (click to enlarge): Virginia precipitation departure from average in November 2009, from NWS

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