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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 
1118 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2018

...WETTEST YEAR IN NEW HAMPTON IA...

THROUGH 7 AM ON OCTOBER 5TH, THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN 
NEW HAMPTON IOWA HAS RECEIVED 56.33 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.  
THIS MAKES IT THEIR WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD.  THE PREVIOUS 
RECORD WAS 56.17 INCHES IN 2016.  THEIR NORMAL (PERIOD 1981-2010) 
PRECIPITATION IN A CALENDAR YEAR IS 38.30 INCHES.  PRECIPITATION 
RECORDS HAVE BEEN TAKEN THERE SINCE 1897.  THE TABLE BELOW ARE THEIR 
10 WETTEST YEARS.

  TEN WETTEST YEARS IN NEW HAMPTON IA

             PRECIPITATION
   RANK          TOTAL          YEAR
   ----      -------------      ----
     1       56.33 INCHES       2018
     2       56.17 INCHES       2016
     3       52.50 INCHES       2007
     4       51.84 INCHES       1993
     5       49.61 INCHES       1902
     6       47.72 INCHES       2004
     7       47.53 INCHES       1999
     8       47.44 INCHES       1909
     9       47.34 INCHES       1983
    10       46.56 INCHES       1991

THIS WET TREND HAS BEEN QUITE PREVALENT THIS CENTURY.  
EIGHT OF THE 20 WETTEST YEARS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 2000 AND 
4 OF 6 WETTEST YEARS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 2004.  LAST YEAR, 
THEY RECEIVED 44.81 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WHICH WAS THEIR 
12TH WETTEST YEAR.

THE LAST 3 YEARS HAVE BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY WET.

            PRECIPITATION    DEPARTURE FROM       RANK FOR 
   YEAR         TOTAL        NORMAL 1981-2010     WETTEST
   ----     -------------    ----------------     --------
   2016      56.17 INCHES     +17.87 INCHES -  2ND WETTEST YEAR
   2017      44.81 INCHES     + 6.51 INCHES - 12TH WETTEST YEAR
   2018      56.33 INCHES     +18.03 INCHES -      WETTEST YEAR

  2016-18   157.31 INCHES     +42.41 INCHES

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