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Record Rainfall in September for Athens, Macon & Columbus
updated 10/7/04

September 2004 will go down as the wettest September on record for Macon...Columbus...and Athens...and the second wettest for Atlanta. The new record rainfall for September in Macon is 12.66 inches which surpasses the old record of 12.30 inches set in 1924. In Columbus...the new record is 9.47 inches...which beats the old record of 6.94 inches set in 1951. In Athens...the new record is 11.84 inches...breaking the old record of 10.30 inches set in 1989. The total for Atlanta for September is 13.65 inches making it the second wettest September. The wettest September in Atlanta is 14.26 inches set in 1888.

Most of the rain fell from the remnants of 3 hurricanes that moved over Georgia after making landfall in Florida and Alabama. The remnants of Frances moved over Georgia on September 6 and 7...Ivan on the September 16 and 17...and the latest...Jeanne on September 27.

  September 2004
Rainfall		 Normal
September
Rainfall
Atlanta 13.65 4.09
Athens 11.84 3.53
Columbus 9.47 3.07
Macon 12.66 3.26


Rainfall Estimates - Click image to enlarge
map of September statewide rainfall estimates



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