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Rainfall Record At Washington, Va. Bjr Mis* Ruby Jenkins, Observer
1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 Jan. 3.30 1.70 1.56 1.62 3.59 Feb. 1.27 1.82 2.87 2.35 2.34 Mar. 2.23 2.30 3.41 4.41 3.78 Apr. 4.93 1.02 3.02 7.07 8.10 May 3.31 3.56 1.32 3.01 5.27 June 5.10 2.17 4.95 2.32 2.54 July 5.05 1.86 4.82 2.37 .49 Aug. 7.86 2.80 1.0 3.47 Sept. .95 3.0 .50 3.46 * Oct. 5.95 2.50 .64 .46 Nov. .51 2.80 4.60 5.31 Dec. 1.58 6.15 2.80 2.78
A monthly average over the past .88 months shows an average of 3.11 inches. In this period of time only two months (November 1944 and October 1952) have had .. Jess than .49 inches of rain, the amount that has fallen to date this month.
Drought reports are predicted as follows; (for Rappahannock county) —
68.3%