October…The lost month

Top 10 wettest Octobers for area locations:

Your spongy lawn tells the local weather story this month. October precipitation has been in the top 10 for The Twin Cities, St. Cloud and Eau Claire. In the Twin Cities we've recorded 5.39" this month. That's over 3" above average and ranks as the 9th wettest October on record.

Here's the data, courtesy of the good folks at Twin Cities NWS.

Wettest Octobers on Record
Minneapolis
Rank Value Date
1. 6.42 1911
2. 5.68 1971
3. 5.64 1934
4. 5.62 1968
5. 5.52 1941
6. 5.51 1898
7. 5.48 1984
8. 5.45 2005
9. 5.39 2009
10. 4.97 1970
Period of Record: 1871-Present

Courtesy of Paul Huttner’s Updraft blog.