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June Rainfall Heaviest Since 1963
Heavy rains and some violenl storms have dumped 3.09 inchei of rain on Washington, Va according to Miss Ruby Jenkins who keeps the officia precipitation gauge. She does nol feel the count is quite accuraU for gusty winds prevented a tru< measure at times, thus making th< measure less. In comparison, Iasi June found us with 1.82 inches Rainfall in June of 1968 is th« highest since 1963.
To date this year, 1968, a tota of 15.24 inches has been recorder as compared to 14.21 inches Iasi year.
The precipitation gauge in Amissville which is kept by Miss Lucille Riley showed a total ol 4.82 inches of rain for June ol this year. In comparison, last year’s June total was 2.29
93.6%