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Rain Keeps Exceeding the Norm in Suwanee in 2013

The rainfall amount for 2013 already has exceeded the average annual total. Will it hold in September?

Updated 4:11 p.m.

By Judy Putnam

If you think it seems like a lot of rain has fallen in the Suwanee area this year, you're right. Mother Nature has been sending an above-average amount of the wet stuff in 2013.

According to the National Weather Service, the Atlanta metro area received 5.24 inches in August. The average, based on data gathered between 1981-2010, is 3.90 inches.

The attached chart shows that the average annual rainfall for the area is 49.71. But in just the first eight months of the year, there has already been 51.04 inches.

And in July, when many a Fourth of July celebration was cancelled due a deluge of rain, the metro area had 8.48 inches, compared to the 5.27 that usually falls during that month.

But August's 5.24 inches of precipitation didn't break any records. In 2006 the metro area received 8.66 - and in 2005 in the month of July 14.63 inches fell.

So what about the rest of the year? The prognosticators predict that in October through December, the area will move back into the normal range: 

Average Inches of Rainfall:
Oct:   3.41
Nov:  4.10
Dec:  3.90

The average rainfall for September is 4.47 inches. But, it's hurricane season so anything goes.

-- How has the rainy weather affected you? Tell us in the comments below.



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