re: #28 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

From the NWS OKC





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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
840 AM CST SUN MAY 24 2015

…NEW RECORD MONTHLY RAINFALL SET AT OKLAHOMA CITY…

THE OFFICIAL MEASURED RAINFALL ON SATURDAY AT WILL ROGERS WORLD
AIRPORT IN OKLAHOMA CITY WAS 3.73 INCHES. THIS BRINGS THE MONTHLY
TOTAL FOR MAY TO 18.19 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE MAY RECORD OF
14.52 INCHES, SET IN 2013. THE 18.19 INCHES TOTAL ALSO BREAKS
THE RECORD FOR ANY MONTH ON RECORD. THAT RECORD WAS 14.66 INCHES,
SET IN JUNE 1989. THE OFFICIAL MONTHLY WILL BE UPDATED AT
THE END OF THE MONTH.

PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR OKLAHOMA CITY DATE BACK TO 1890.

So yes, in the recent years record rainfalls are rapidly erasing old records.

In Oklahoma, home of Jim Inhofe.