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Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta recorded over 5 inches (130 mm) of rain on July 6, its sixth-highest one-day rainfall since records began in 1878. [29] This is more rain than the area normally gets in all of July. [30] Hurricane Dennis – The outerbands of Hurricane Dennis caused local flooding the Atlanta area ...
Average annual precipitation for Georgia. The entire state, including the North Georgia mountains, receives moderate to heavy rain, which varies from 45 inches (1,100 mm) in central Georgia [6] to approximately 75 inches (1,900 mm) around the Northeast part of the state. [7] Georgia has had severe droughts in the past, especially in 2007.
About 4-6 inches of rain have fallen throughout north-central Georgia, including Atlanta and its surrounding counties, according to the weather service in Peachtree City, south of Atlanta ...
The driest year in Atlanta history was 1954 (31 inches of rain), with 2007 being a close second. The Southeastern U.S. drought of 2006–2008 began with dry weather in 2006, and left area lakes very low. Most of the area's drinking water is stored in Lake Lanier and Lake Allatoona, which reached record low levels in December 2007. Up through ...
Roswell was drenched in 5.78 inches of rain, setting an all-time daily record on Saturday, Oct. 19, the National Weather Service in Albuquerque reported. The previous record was 5.65 inches set on ...
In Atlanta, the National Weather Service in Peachtree City issued the city's first-ever flash flood emergency due to Atlanta having its heaviest 3-day rainfall totals in 104 years. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] Rainfall totals over 48 hours in the city reached 11.12 in (282 mm), the most the city has seen in 48 hours since record keeping began in 1878. [ 41 ]
Rain began falling on the Atlanta area on September 15, 2009, with the National Weather Service (NWS) reporting only 0.04 inches that day at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. [3] Additional rain fell throughout the week, with only a trace amount recorded for September 18. [3]