How Wet was 2009?
After being in a drought much of the last three years, much of north and central Georgia has received heavy rain since the end of August. So how did 2009 shape up as far as rainfall? The table below shows the normal rainfall and 10 wettest years for Atlanta, Athens, Macon and Columbus. In Columbus 2009 will be the wettest year on record, in Atlanta 2009 will be the 2nd wettest and in Macon 2009 will be the 3rd wettest.
| Atlanta |
| Normal |
50.20 inches |
| WETTEST |
| YEAR |
RAINFALL |
| 1948 |
71.18 |
| 2009 |
69.43 |
| 1929 |
67.71 |
| 1936 |
66.15 |
| 1975 |
66.00 |
| 1920 |
65.04 |
| 1888 |
64.98 |
| 1912 |
64.03 |
| 1989 |
63.31 |
| 1880 |
62.70 |
| Athens |
| Normal |
47.83 inches |
| WETTEST |
| YEAR |
RAINFALL |
| 1929 |
72.37 |
| 1964 |
71.42 |
| 1936 |
66.71 |
| 1948 |
66.44 |
| 1967 |
66.16 |
| 1994 |
63.84 |
| 1963 |
63.08 |
| 1975 |
62.04 |
| 1901 |
61.89 |
| 1900 |
61.22 |
| Macon |
| Normal |
45.00 inches |
| WETTEST |
| YEAR |
RAINFALL |
| 1929 |
67.80 |
| 1912 |
61.86 |
| 2009 |
61.54 |
| 1923 |
61.50 |
| 1928 |
60.71 |
| 1994 |
60.69 |
| 1953 |
58.18 |
| 1992 |
58.03 |
| 1959 |
57.81 |
| 1947 |
55.86 |
| Columbus |
| Normal |
48.57 inches |
| WETTEST |
| YEAR |
RAINFALL |
| 2009 |
80.20 |
| 1964 |
73.22 |
| 1966 |
69.93 |
| 1971 |
64.47 |
| 1975 |
63.36 |
| 2005 |
62.51 |
| 1992 |
60.85 |
| 1973 |
59.81 |
| 1953 |
59.05 |
| 1991 |
57.38 |
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