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September 2, 2007

August was wettest month ever in Goshen

The month of August was the wettest month on record at the Goshen College weather station, with nearly 13 inches of rain recorded.

“August, 2007 was the wettest month recorded at the Goshen station since records started in 1915,” reported weather observer Leland Shaum. The previous record was 11.68 inches of rain in August, 1979.

The month’s total was 12.83 inches, which is 9.34 above normal, Shaum said.

The normal rainfall accumulation by Sept. 1 is 23.89 inches over the past 91 years. The cumulating for 2007 has been 34.22, more than 10 inches above normal.

The greatest 24-hour rainfall was 3.54 inches on the 20th. There was one new daily record set when 2.87 inches was recorded on Aug. 23, breaking the old record of .94 of an inch set in 1971.

The August average temperature was 73.1, which was 1.9 degrees above average.

The highest temperature last month was 91 degrees, recorded on the 7th and 29th. The lowest temperature was 51 degrees on the 18th. No new temperature records were set in August, Shaum reported.

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