Rainfall Totals 2009

Overall, the start of 2009 along the Eastern Shore has been very dry, and well below average in the way of rainfall for the year! However, the month of May in Salisbury has received the most rainfall than any other month this year so far, coming in with 5.18" of precipitation. Also, in just the first ten days of June, rainfall is already up to 2.73". That is a total of 7.91" of rainfall since the first of May and the total rainfall for the year so far is 15.19". So, the entire month of May and 10 days in June poured in over half of the rainfall for the year in just 41 days. The average rainfall total for the year is 20.75", however, still below average by 5.56" but much closer to the average precipitation amounts than Salisbury has had in months! Hopefully, Salisbury can break the rain deficit by the end of June, and with the current weather pattern keeping a chance of rain showers in the forecast it just might be possible!