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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
840 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004
                                                                                
...RECORD MONTHLY MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION SET AT WATERLOO...
                                                                                
AS OF 7 AM THIS MORNING...11.36 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN
THIS MONTH IN WATERLOO. THIS DEMOLISHES THE OLD RECORD AMOUNT FOR
MAY OF 8.60 INCHES SET IN 2000. IT HAS ALSO BEEN ONE OF THE WETTEST
MONTHS EVER...RANKING 6TH ON THE ALL-TIME LIST. THE TABLE BELOW IS A
LIST OF THE TOP 10 WETTEST MONTHS IN WATERLOO.
                                                                                
RANK    MONTH            TOTAL
 1      JULY 1999        12.97
 2      JULY 1968        12.60
 3      JUNE 1947        12.43
 4      SEPT 1941        11.63
 5      SEPT 1965        11.38
 6      MAY  2004        11.36
 7      JULY 1993        11.26
 8      JULY 1902        10.61
 9      JULY 1942        10.43
10      JUNE 1998        10.36
                                                                                
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