re: Hurricane Season - Nicole only 2nd Cat 3 for Bermuda

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Baton Rouge has its wettest month in 174 years of recordkeeping

The astounding rains that led to catastrophic flooding in Louisiana led to a phenomenal monthly rainfall total in Baton Rouge, where formal weather observations began quite early, in 1843.

As of Sunday, the August rainfall total in Baton Rouge was 26.97”, which crushes the previous record of 23.73” (May 1907), according to WU weather historian Christopher Burt. This monthly total includes 0.76” on Sunday and a total of 6.08” since August 14, when the rains directly associated with the flood-making upper low had already ceased.

For the summer since June 1, Baton Rouge has picked up an amazing 40.95”--more rain in three months than downtown Los Angeles has recorded over the last five years (38.79”)!

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