There must be a hole in Raleigh’s bucket somewhere. In spite of all the rain we’ve received lately, we ended March still a half-inch below normal rainfall for the year. Granted, we ended March almost 3 inches above normal for the month, but still.
From the NWS Climate Summary:
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.53 1962 0.11 -0.11 0.98
MONTH TO DATE 6.83 4.03 2.80 5.53
SINCE MAR 1 6.83 4.03 2.80 5.53
SINCE JAN 1 11.01 11.52 -0.51 9.95