A RECORD RAINFALL OF 7.47" FELL IN DUBUQUE IA YESTERDAY 7/27. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 3.10" SET IN 1896. A MONTHLY DAILY RAINFALL RECORD OF 7.47" FOR JULY WAS ALSO SET IN DUBUQUE IA. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS JULY MONTHLY RECORD FOR A DAY OF 6.28" SET BACK ON JULY 1, 1961 A 24-HR RAINFALL RECORD OF 10.62" WAS SET IN DUBUQUE IA BETWEEN 7/27 - 7/28. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS 24-HR RAINFALL RECORD OF 8.96" SET BACK ON 8/21/2002 - 8/22/2002.
A RECORD RAINFALL OF 3.27" FELL TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 2.30" SET BACK IN 1990. THIS NEW RECORD MAY BE HIGHER IF ANY RAIN FALLS DURING THE REST OF THE CALENDAR DAY.
Posted under Precipitation Totals, Records
This post was written by Schnack on July 28, 2011
