RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN 420 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2007 ...WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD SET IN THE TWIN CITIES... A NEW RECORD HAS BEEN SET FOR AUGUST MONTHLY RAINFALL IN THE TWIN CITIES. THROUGH MIDNIGHT AUGUST 28 2007...9.32 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR AT THE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE OLD RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST WAS 9.31 INCHES SET BACK IN AUGUST OF 1977. SO FAR THIS MONTH...MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS 5.62 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL AUGUST MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 3.70 INCHES. RANKING OF THE TOP FIVE AUGUST RAINFALL TOTALS: 9.32 INCHES 2007 9.31 INCHES 1977 8.74 INCHES 1875 8.70 INCHES 1914 8.30 INCHES 2002
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