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Record rain
Jul. 3rd, 2014 04:57 pmFAIRBANKS—If you thought June was wet, welcome to July.
The record-setting deluge that has nearly drowned the central and eastern Interior continued in force Tuesday night and Wednesday as rain continued to pour down in amounts not seen in Fairbanks since the historic flood of 1967.
Nearly 2 inches of rain — 1.92 officially — was recorded at the Fairbanks International Airport on Tuesday, shattering the daily record of 0.65 of an inch in 1935 and nearly surpassing the average rainfall for the entire month — 2.16 inches — in one day.
An additional 1.39 inches of rain had fallen at the airport as of 11 a.m. Wednesday, making the two-day rainfall total of 3.31 inches for Tuesday and Wednesday the third-wettest on record in 102 years of weather records in Fairbanks, meteorologist Rick Thoman at the National Weather Service in Fairbanks said. It marked only the fourth time in history with back-to-back days with more than 1 inch of rain at the airport, he said.
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Wow..that's a LOT of water. Goldstream Valley is super flooded..the creek looks like a river now. It's so nice to see the sun today finally! Good to see at the beginning of a 3 day weekend!
( DAY 29: If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be? )
The record-setting deluge that has nearly drowned the central and eastern Interior continued in force Tuesday night and Wednesday as rain continued to pour down in amounts not seen in Fairbanks since the historic flood of 1967.
Nearly 2 inches of rain — 1.92 officially — was recorded at the Fairbanks International Airport on Tuesday, shattering the daily record of 0.65 of an inch in 1935 and nearly surpassing the average rainfall for the entire month — 2.16 inches — in one day.
An additional 1.39 inches of rain had fallen at the airport as of 11 a.m. Wednesday, making the two-day rainfall total of 3.31 inches for Tuesday and Wednesday the third-wettest on record in 102 years of weather records in Fairbanks, meteorologist Rick Thoman at the National Weather Service in Fairbanks said. It marked only the fourth time in history with back-to-back days with more than 1 inch of rain at the airport, he said.
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Wow..that's a LOT of water. Goldstream Valley is super flooded..the creek looks like a river now. It's so nice to see the sun today finally! Good to see at the beginning of a 3 day weekend!
( DAY 29: If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be? )
