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AUGUST SETS RAINFALL RECORD
The rainfall for the month of August, was 12.81 inches, the highest recorded since 1944 (when Miss Jenkins began the records). It is 4 times our normal average, 2.89. The second highest was in
’49 when 7.85 inches
Miss Ruby Jenkins
Rainfall Obserwjr^, ' August o fell.
62.6%