Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1892 — MAY’S BIG RECORD OF RAIN. [ARTICLE]

MAY’S BIG RECORD OF RAIN.

Average Precipitation for Twenty Years Nearly Doubled in Chicago. The United States Weather Bureau records show that during the month of May rain fell in Chicago on no less than twenty-one days, and, as is believed by 99 per cent, of the population, the precipitation was rather heavy every time. The rainfall for the month was 6.77 inches, a most remarkable record even for Chicago. A normal May precipitation for the last twenty years is 3.82 inches, but the May just over put this far in the rear, not quite doubling the ordinary allowance.