2/26/19
(Sautee)- WRWH Weather Reporter Bill Kinsland says we’ve broken all-time records for February when it comes to rainfall. According to Bill the average year-to-date rainfall in White County as of Monday was 21.20 inches, that is 9.91 inches above normal for this time of year.
A big part of the surplus came last week when Cleveland received 6.73 inches of rain, Helen 6.83 and Sautee recorded 7.10 inches of rain. Bill says February 2019 will go down in the books as the wettest February in 75 years of record-keeping in White County.
Here is the weather data:
Year-to-date Rainfall Totals as of 7 AM Monday (2/25/2019):
———————————-OBSERVED -NORMAL = DEPARTURE
Cleveland (WRWH, NWS Observer)—— 19.20″ – 11.00″= + 8.20″
Helen City Hall(NWS Observer)——- 23.39″ – 12.14″= +11.25”
Sautee Weather Station (NWS Observer)21.02” – 10.74”= +10.28”
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Average County Rainfall————–21.20” – 11.29″= + 9.91″(SURPLUS)
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February Month-to-date Rainfall Totals as of 7 AM Monday (2/25/2019):
———————————– OBSERVED -NORMAL = DEPARTURE
Cleveland (WRWH, NWS Observer)—— 11.70″ – 5.11″= + 6.59″
Helen City Hall(NWS Observer)——- 13.93″ – 4.97″= + 8.96”
Sautee Weather Station (NWS Observer)13.11” – 5.00”= + 8.11”
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Average County Rainfall————–12.91” – 5.03″= + 7.88″(SURPLUS)
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7-Day Rainfall Totals as of 7 AM Monday (2/18 – 2/25/2019):
-Cleveland: 6.73 in.
-Helen: 6.83 in.
-Sautee: 7.10 in.
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County Average: 6.89 in.
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February, 2019 will go down in the books as the wettest February in 75
years of record-keeping in White County. As of 7 AM Monday (Feb. 25th), the month-to-date totals exceed all previous records at all three stations….Cleveland, Helen and Sautee. Cleveland’s previous month-to-date record was 9.07 inches in February, 1944. Helen’s previous record of 13.00 inches occurred in 1961.
Sautee’s previous record of 9.55 inches occurred in 2018. Even if we get no more rainfall through the end of the month, Helen and Sautee’s current February rainfall totals exceed their whole-month record numbers (13.32 inches in 1961 at Helen and 10.16 inches in 2018 at Sautee)…and Cleveland’s current month-to-date total is only 1.23 inches below the full-month record of 12.93 inches in 1944.
