RECORDS August rainfall


September 5, 2003 at 12:00a.m.


The National Weather Service says 3.32 inches of precipitation fell on the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in August. That's one-tenth of an inch less than the amount that fell there in August 2002. Here are the ten wettest Augusts in Mahoning Valley history. Amounts are in inches.
1. 7.86 1956
2. 7.74 1980
3. 7.21 1974
4. 6.77 1987
5. 6.60 1994