Quad Cities Rain in the Year 2013

Can you believe last year we were in a major drought?!?!  It's amazing to see the exact opposite this year!  Here are some numbers for the Quad Cities - we've had more rain in less than 6 months this year than we did ALL OF LAST YEAR! 

And it's been pretty consistent for most of the year too...here are the monthly totals for 2013.

Jan. - 2.86"
Feb. - 2.54"
Mar. - 2.57"
Apr. - 7.21"
May - 7.97"
Jun. - 5.40"

June had been off to a dry start until this week happened!  Of the 5.40" rain in June about 80% of that has fallen just over the last 48-72 hours!  Hopefully we can turn this trend around soon and let things dry out a little bit, and we could do without severe storms for a while now too!  We've had at least 7 tornadoes in the Quad Cities area over the last month or so! 

And just in case you're wondering - the record for rainfall in one year in the Quad cities comes from 1973with 56.36" of rain!