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Rainfall in June Was Way Above Normal

State climatologist's office says more than 10 inches of rain fell in June.

It seemed to rain a lot in June, and in fact, it did.

According to the Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist, rainfall in this part of the state topped 10 inches over the 30 days of June—that's 250 percent of normal amount of precipitation for the month.
Wet? You bet—it's almost as much as you'd expect in the wettest month in the Amazonian city of Manaus, Brazil, which typically gets 12.5 inches in it's wettest month.

That would also be enough rain to carry us to the middle of August in a normal year—but this certainly isn't shaping up to be normal. July has started out wet, also, and looks to continue with showers for at least a few more days.

Surprisingly, the total precipitation for the year isn't nearly as off-the-charts as you might expect after such a wet month. The year-to-date total is 25.29 inches—a mere 11 percent above normal, thanks to less than normal precipitation totals in January and April.

Don't like the wet weather? The climatologists also track "normal" amounts of precipitation, and since 2000, have been refiguring the norm. The normal amount of annual precipitation is 46.94 inches, down about a quarter of an inch from the norm set by the average annual precipitation from 1971 to 2000.  
   


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