Rain, rain, go away: Near record rainfall proving to be a mixed blessing – Douglas County Sentinel: Local News

It wasn’t all that long ago that Georgia’s governor prayed for rain to end a horrific drought.

Such an idea seems ludicrous in 2013, when rain seems to visit each afternoon, or at least each weekend. The state has been hit with more rainfall this year than most can remember, in some places raining more by the end of July than all of 2012.

Douglas County just finished its wettest July in the more than 30 years that the WSA has been keeping records with 8.45 inches, according to WSA Deputy Director Mike Patton. In fact, just looking at rainfall amounts from January through July, Douglas County has had 44.88 inches of rain, second only to the same period from 2003 when 50.02 inches fell in a seven-month period.

“We are about 11 inches above normal,” Patton said. “Having gone through more than a decade of drought, this is a good thing for us. After years where we were nervously watching water levels, This year, from January the reservoir has been full and overflowing.”

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