Wisconsin and Midwest Has Wettest Year Ever in 2019
Wednesday, December 18th, 2019 -- 9:50 AM
(AP) -Wisconsin and the Midwest recorded their wettest year ever in 2019 since record-keeping began in 1895, climatologists said.More than 43 inches of rain and snow fell across nine states in the Midwest through November. That breaks the previous record set in 1993 by 2 inches, according to data from the Midwestern Regional Climate Center. Climatologist Mike Timlin told Wisconsin Public Radio it’s been wet all year. The amount of rain and snow across the Midwest is about 25% above normal, Timlin said.
Wisconsin received 41.75 inches of precipitation through last month. The amount of rain and snow so far this year broke the previous record of 40.09 inches set in 1938, according to Steve Vavrus, senior scientist with the Nelson Institute’s Center for Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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