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Heavy rains on Sept. 5 in Jacksonville. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Jax area rainfall already above average before September deluge

Published on September 16, 2024 at 4:08 pm
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Even before the extremely wet beginning of September, August in North Florida had marked a return to above-average rainfall across the region, according to numbers released Monday by the St. Johns River Water Management District.

Much of the extra rain was due to the Aug. 5 arrival of Hurricane Debby.

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Thirteen of the district’s 18 counties reported August rainfall totals above their monthly averages, including an eye-popping nearly 14 inches of rain in Nassau County for the month.

Districtwide average rainfall was 8.43 inches, or 1.43 inches above the monthly average, with the lowest rainfall total being 6 inches in Volusia County.

As of Sept. 13, Jacksonville had received 11.34 inches of rain for the month, more than 8 inches above normal for the first 12 days of the month, the National Weather Service reports. The normal rainfall for the entire month of September is 7.56 inches, making this year’s one of the wettest Septembers on record for the city.

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author image Reporter email Dan Scanlan is a veteran journalist with almost 40 years of experience in radio, television and print reporting. He has worked at various stations in the Northeast and Jacksonville. Dan also spent 34 years at The Florida Times-Union as a police and current affairs reporter.

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