NOUS97 KTBW 101445 AAA PNSTBW FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-111200- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED MISSING DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1045 AM EDT TUE SEP 10 2013 ...TOP TEN WETTEST SUMMER IN SOME PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... AS IS TYPICAL DURING THE SUMMER THUNDERSTORM SEASON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE JUNE 1 HAVE BEEN HIGHLY VARIABLE RANGING FROM AS LITTLE AS 19 TO OVER 45 INCHES. THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO THE VARIABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HOW ONE LOCATION CAN RECEIVE A COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAIN FROM A STORM WHILE ANOTHER JUST A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY WILL MISS THE STORM AND RECEIVE NONE. IN A NORMAL YEAR ABOUT HALF OF OUR YEARLY RAINFALL FALLS DURING THE THREE MONTHS OF JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST...AND IF YOU INCLUDE SEPTEMBER IT INCREASES TO BETWEEN 55 TO 67 PERCENT OF THE YEARLY TOTAL. THIS YEAR A FEW OF THE WETTER CLIMATE LOCATIONS HAVE OR WILL MAKE IT INTO THE TOP TEN WETTEST SUMMERS (JUNE/JULY/AUGUST). THE TOP TEN FOR THESE SITES IS LISTED IN THE FOLLOWING TABLES...ALONG WITH THE 2013 TOTAL...THE CURRENT RANKING IN PARENTHESIS...AND THE NORMAL SUMMER RAINFALL. THERE ARE ALSO SOME OTHER STATS THAT LIST THE JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST 2013 RAINFALL TOTALS AND RANKING FOR THAT MONTH IF IT WAS IN THE TOP TWENTY WETTEST. TOP 10 WETTEST SUMMERS TOP 10 WETTEST SUMMERS AT CHIEFLAND 5 SE: AT TAMPA: 1 37.95 IN 2012 1 43.03 IN 1945 2 36.38 IN 2001 2 36.13 IN 2012 3 35.41 IN 1965 3 34.79 IN 1909 4 34.89 IN 1964 4 34.67 IN 1960 5 34.88 IN 2003 5 33.71 IN 1925 *6 34.46 IN 2013* 6 33.68 IN 1896 7 34.21 IN 1974 7 33.66 IN 1995 8 33.23 IN 1988 8 33.46 IN 1957 9 33.05 IN 1985 *9 33.40 IN 2013* 10 31.79 IN 2002 10 33.23 IN 2004 NORMAL SUMMER AT CHIF1 = 25.75 NORMAL SUMMER AT TPA = 21.52 RECORDS BEGAN 1956 RECORDS BEGAN 1890 SOME OTHER STATS FOR CHIF1: SOME OTHER STATS FOR TPA: JUN 2013 = 6.98 JUN 2013 = 11.30 (16TH WETTEST) JUL 2013 = 16.72 (3RD WETTEST) JUL 2013 = 10.19 AUG 2013 = 10.76 AUG 2013 = 11.91 (14TH WETTEST) *** AN INTERESTING FACT IS THAT TAMPA HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 10 INCHES OF RAIN FOR EACH OF THE SUMMER MONTHS AS SEEN IN THE TABLES BELOW. THIS IS ONLY THE 6TH TIME SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN APRIL 1890 THAT TAMPA HAS SEEN 3 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS WITH RAINFALL OF 10 INCHES OR GREATER. THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED WAS DURING THE SUMMER (JUNE/JULY/AUGUST) OF 1957. -------------------------------------------------- TOP 10 WETTEST SUMMERS TOP 10 WETTEST SUMMERS AT ST PETERSBURG+: AT LAKELAND: 1 47.62 IN 1945 *1 33.77 IN 2013* 2 45.31 IN 1939 2 33.29 IN 1965 3 40.99 IN 1995 3 32.40 IN 2005 4 38.08 IN 1943 4 32.12 IN 1968 5 36.66 IN 1947 5 31.87 IN 2001 6 35.00 IN 1922 6 31.78 IN 1948 7 34.49 IN 1974 7 31.59 IN 1995 8 33.67 IN 2000 8 31.56 IN 2012 *9 33.66 IN 2013* 9 31.23 IN 1945 10 33.26 IN 1959 10 30.26 IN 1939 NORMAL SUMMER AT SPGF1 = 22.10 NORMAL SUMMER AT LLDF1 = 24.01 RECORDS BEGAN 1914 RECORDS BEGAN 1915 SOME OTHER STATS FOR SPGF1: SOME OTHER STATS FOR LLDF1: JUN 2013 = 12.75 (6TH WETTEST) JUN 2013 = 13.11 (8TH WETTEST) JUL 2013 = 12.09 (18TH WETTEST) JUL 2013 = 11.93 (8TH WETTEST) AUG 2013 = 8.82 AUG 2013 = 8.73 + THE DATA LISTED IN THIS SECTION IS FOR THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVING SITE LOCATED AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT NEAR ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT. OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AT THIS LOCATION SINCE AUGUST 1914 WHILE THE ASOS AT ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (KSPG) ONLY GOES BACK TO 1998. -------------------------------------------------- TOP 10 WETTEST SUMMERS TOP 10 WETTEST SUMMERS AT WAUCHULA 2 N: AT AVON PARK 2 W: 1 43.85 IN 1939 1 40.10 IN 1909 2 39.39 IN 1943 *2 38.41 IN 2013* 3 38.22 IN 1949 3 35.98 IN 1939 4 37.38 IN 1953 4 35.79 IN 1982 5 34.17 IN 1959 5 34.12 IN 2003 6 34.14 IN 1945 6 33.67 IN 1919 7 32.94 IN 1974 7 33.31 IN 1974 8 32.53 IN 1968 8 32.57 IN 1947 *9 30.58 IN 2013* 9 31.77 IN 2008 10 30.56 IN 1991 10 31.73 IN 1910 NORMAL SUMMER AT WAUF1 = 23.81 NORMAL SUMMER AT AVPF1 = 23.45 RECORDS BEGAN 1933 RECORDS BEGAN 1902 SOME OTHER STATS FOR WAUF1: SOME OTHER STATS FOR AVPF1: JUN 2013 = 12.46 (15TH WETTEST) JUN 2013 = 12.31 JUL 2013 = 11.23 (19TH WETTEST) JUL 2013 = 18.37 (3RD WETTEST) AUG 2013 = 6.89 AUG 2013 = 7.73 -------------------------------------------------- TOP 10 WETTEST SUMMERS TOP 10 WETTEST SUMMERS AT MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK: AT ARCADIA: 1 46.32 IN 1995 *1 38.22 IN 2013* 2 45.53 IN 2003 2 37.99 IN 1982 3 43.79 IN 1981 3 36.98 IN 1974 4 40.81 IN 2012 4 35.56 IN 1967 5 40.58 IN 1982 5 35.17 IN 2001 6 40.14 IN 1992 6 34.99 IN 1949 7 38.77 IN 1965 6 34.99 IN 1939 8 37.94 IN 1968 8 34.77 IN 1965 *9 37.61 IN 2013* 9 34.26 IN 1901 10 36.98 IN 1948 10 33.80 IN 1947 NORMAL SUMMER AT MKCF1 = 28.96 NORMAL SUMMER AT ARCF1 = 24.80 RECORDS BEGAN 1944 RECORDS BEGAN 1899 SOME OTHER STATS FOR MKCF1: SOME OTHER STATS FOR ARCF1: JUN 2013 = 15.84 (8TH WETTEST) JUN 2013 = 15.27 (14TH WETTEST) JUL 2013 = 10.69 JUL 2013 = 13.48 (9TH WETTEST) AUG 2013 = 11.08 AUG 2013 = 9.47 -------------------------------------------------- TOP 10 WETTEST SUMMERS TOP 10 WETTEST SUMMERS AT ARCHBOLD BIO STN: AT PUNTA GORDA 4 ESE: 1 41.24 IN 1974 1 47.45 IN 1995 2 40.51 IN 2002 2 41.80 IN 1974 *3 39.46 IN 2013* *3 36.76 IN 2013* 4 34.04 IN 2006 4 34.87 IN 2006 5 34.02 IN 2008 5 33.90 IN 1992 6 33.94 IN 2001 6 33.89 IN 2008 7 32.72 IN 2004 7 33.24 IN 1968 8 32.56 IN 1992 8 32.77 IN 2012 9 31.74 IN 1986 9 31.95 IN 1999 10 31.01 IN 2012 10 29.53 IN 2003 NORMAL SUMMER AT ACHF1 = 24.71 NORMAL SUMMER AT PNTF1 = 25.15 RECORDS BEGAN 1969 RECORDS BEGAN 1965 SOME OTHER STATS FOR ACHF1: SOME OTHER STATS FOR PNTF1: JUN 2013 = 17.33 (2ND WETTEST) JUN 2013 = 11.03 (10TH WETTEST) JUL 2013 = 14.85 (3RD WETTEST) JUL 2013 = 12.14 (T-5TH WETTEST) AUG 2013 = 7.28 AUG 2013 = 13.59 (5TH WETTEST) *** THIS IS ONLY THE 2ND TIME SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN NOVEMBER 1965 THAT PUNTA GORDA 4 ESE HAS SEEN 3 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS WITH RAINFALL OF 10 INCHES OR GREATER. THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED WAS DURING THE SUMMER (JUNE/JULY/AUGUST) OF 1995. -------------------------------------------------- IN THE TABLES BELOW ARE PRELIMINARY AND UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTALS (INCHES) FOR JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST OF THIS YEAR...AS WELL AS THE NORMAL AND PERCENT OF NORMAL (PON) FOR JUNE THROUGH AUGUST. IN MANY LOCATIONS RAINFALL WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE SUMMER (JUNE/JULY/AUGUST). OBSERVING SITE COUNTY JUN JUL AUG TOTAL ...AIRPORTS (ASOS)... PUNTA GORDA/CHARLOTTE CO CHARLOTTE 10.64 8.45 9.41 28.50 BROOKSVILLE/HERNANDO CO HERNANDO 14.64 11.04 12.28 37.96 TAMPA INTL HILLSBOROUGH 11.30 10.19 11.91 33.40 FT MYERS/PAGE FIELD LEE 10.33 10.05 9.06 29.44 FT MYERS/SW FL INTL LEE 10.21 12.70 9.12 32.03 SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTL MANATEE 8.74 10.41 11.32 30.47 ST PETE-CLEARWATER INTL PINELLAS 17.75 10.55 9.42 37.72 WINTER HAVEN/GILBERT FIELD POLK 12.08 7.58 5.68 25.34 JUN JUN- JUN- THRU AUG AUG OBSERVING SITE COUNTY AUG NORMAL PON ...AIRPORTS (ASOS)... PUNTA GORDA/CHARLOTTE CO CHARLOTTE 28.50 25.03 114% BROOKSVILLE/HERNANDO CO HERNANDO 37.96 23.41 162% TAMPA INTL HILLSBOROUGH 33.40 21.52 155% FT MYERS/PAGE FIELD LEE 29.44 29.27 101% FT MYERS/SW FL INTL LEE 32.03 26.51 121% SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTL MANATEE 30.47 24.63 124% ST PETE-CLEARWATER INTL PINELLAS 37.72 25.10 150% WINTER HAVEN/GILBERT FIELD POLK 25.34 23.07 110% OBSERVING SITE COUNTY JUN JUL AUG TOTAL ...COOP... PUNTA GORDA 4 ESE CHARLOTTE 11.03 12.14 13.59 36.76 INVERNESS 3 SE CITRUS 10.81 14.45 3.08 28.34 ARCADIA DESOTO 15.27 13.48 9.47 38.22 WAUCHULA 2 N HARDEE 12.46 11.23 6.89 30.58 WEEKI WACHEE HERNANDO 10.38 11.19 9.49 31.06 ARCHBOLD BIO STN HIGHLANDS 17.33 14.85 7.28 39.46 AVON PARK 2 W HIGHLANDS 12.31 18.37 7.73 38.41 DESOTO CITY 8 SW HIGHLANDS 10.09 11.64 8.66 30.39 HILLSBOROUGH RVR ST PK HILLSBOROUGH 17.19 7.69 9.98 34.86 PLANT CITY HILLSBOROUGH 15.44 8.68 8.23 32.35 RUSKIN/NWS HILLSBOROUGH 13.65 10.69 7.65 31.99 CHIEFLAND 5 SE LEVY 6.98 16.72 10.76 34.46 BRADENTON 5 ESE MANATEE 16.42 11.48 10.37 38.27 PARRISH MANATEE 14.16 9.86 6.11 30.13 ST LEO PASCO 11.39 8.31 7.42 27.12 ST PETE/ALBERT WHITTED PINELLAS 12.75 12.09 8.82 33.66 TARPON SPRINGS SWG PLT PINELLAS 7.01 9.96 12.63 29.60 BARTOW POLK 7.44 7.52 8.02 22.98 LAKELAND LINDER POLK 13.11 11.93 8.73 33.77 MOUNTAIN LAKE POLK 9.00 13.91 5.97 28.88 VENICE SARASOTA 7.36 10.65 7.30 25.31 MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK SARASOTA 15.84 10.69 11.08 37.61 BUSHNELL 1 E SUMTER 11.62 8.08 5.46 25.16 JUN JUN- JUN- THRU AUG AUG OBSERVING SITE COUNTY AUG NORMAL PON ...COOP... PUNTA GORDA 4 ESE CHARLOTTE 36.76 25.15 146% INVERNESS 3 SE CITRUS 28.34 23.59 120% ARCADIA DESOTO 38.22 24.80 154% WAUCHULA 2 N HARDEE 30.58 23.81 128% WEEKI WACHEE HERNANDO 31.06 21.96 141% ARCHBOLD BIO STN HIGHLANDS 39.46 24.71 160% AVON PARK 2 W HIGHLANDS 38.41 23.45 164% DESOTO CITY 8 SW HIGHLANDS 30.39 23.06 132% HILLSBOROUGH RVR ST PK HILLSBOROUGH 34.86 23.40 149% PLANT CITY HILLSBOROUGH 32.35 24.54 132% RUSKIN/NWS HILLSBOROUGH 31.99 N/A CHIEFLAND 5 SE LEVY 34.46 25.75 134% BRADENTON 5 ESE MANATEE 38.27 27.26 140% PARRISH MANATEE 30.13 24.42 123% ST LEO PASCO 27.12 23.52 115% ST PETE/ALBERT WHITTED PINELLAS 33.66 22.10 152% TARPON SPRINGS SWG PLT PINELLAS 29.60 23.10 128% BARTOW POLK 22.98 24.24 95% LAKELAND LINDER POLK 33.77 24.01 141% MOUNTAIN LAKE POLK 28.88 22.24 130% VENICE SARASOTA 25.31 22.60 112% MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK SARASOTA 37.61 28.96 130% BUSHNELL 1 E SUMTER 25.16 19.85 127% --------------------------------------------------------------------- BELOW ARE RAINFALL TOTALS FOR JUNE 1 THROUGH AUGUST 31 THIS YEAR FOR SOME COCORAHS (COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN HAIL AND SNOW NETWORK) SITES ACROSS THE REGION: JUN THRU OBSERVING SITE COUNTY AUG ...COCORAHS... PORT CHARLOTTE 6.2 W CHARLOTTE 37.20 PORT CHARLOTTE 2.9 NE CHARLOTTE 34.09 ENGLEWOOD 5.4 ESE CHARLOTTE 33.15 PORT CHARLOTTE 3.3 E CHARLOTTE 30.75 CRYSTAL RIVER 5.3 NNE CITRUS 40.29 HERNANDO 1.6 N CITRUS 34.12 CITRUS SPRINGS 1.7 E CITRUS 30.44 BROOKSVILLE 3.9 SE HERNANDO 38.01 HIGH POINT 0.2 E HERNANDO 36.27 SPRING HILL 3.3 SE HERNANDO 35.83 SPRING HILL 1.6 NNW HERNANDO 35.81 BROOKRIDGE 2.3 SE HERNANDO 35.63 SPRING HILL 1.5 NNE HERNANDO 35.39 BROOKSVILLE 1.2 E HERNANDO 34.72 WEEKI WACHEE 3.0 N HERNANDO 33.58 RIDGE MANOR 0.2 E HERNANDO 25.66 AVON PARK 0.6 NW HIGHLANDS 40.37 SEBRING 4.7 WNW HIGHLANDS 38.71 AVON PARK 0.8 E HIGHLANDS 31.12 LAKE PLACID 9.4 SE HIGHLANDS 29.09 LAKE PLACID 3.9 WNW HIGHLANDS 28.94 LAKE PLACID 2.5 S HIGHLANDS 25.14 TAMPA 4.7 NW HILLSBOROUGH 46.27 TAMPA 5.1 S HILLSBOROUGH 38.81 CARROLLWOOD 1.7 SE HILLSBOROUGH 37.94 BRANDON 2.7 N HILLSBOROUGH 37.06 UNIVERSITY WEST 2.0 WNW HILLSBOROUGH 36.72 PLANT CITY 1.9 S HILLSBOROUGH 34.74 LUTZ 2.0 E HILLSBOROUGH 34.47 TAMPA 5.0 NNE HILLSBOROUGH 34.06 GREATER NORTHDALE 0.4 ENE HILLSBOROUGH 32.37 CITRUS PARK 1.3 ENE HILLSBOROUGH 31.62 BLOOMINGDALE 3.2 NE HILLSBOROUGH 31.47 VALRICO 1.1 SE HILLSBOROUGH 31.05 BRANDON 2.1 SSW HILLSBOROUGH 30.52 BLOOMINGDALE 7.6 ESE HILLSBOROUGH 30.20 LUTZ 2.2 SSE HILLSBOROUGH 30.08 SUN CITY CENTER 1.0 NE HILLSBOROUGH 29.32 BLOOMINGDALE 1.3 ESE HILLSBOROUGH 24.80 RIVERVIEW 2.1 W HILLSBOROUGH 21.55 GIBSONTON 1.5 SE HILLSBOROUGH 19.44 BUCKINGHAM 1.7 SE LEE 48.48 FORT MYERS 0.8 N LEE 44.87 LEHIGH ACRES 4.2 WSW LEE 39.37 ST JAMES CITY 6.4 NNW LEE 36.61 CAPE CORAL 3.9 NE LEE 36.52 BOKEELIA 5.2 SE LEE 31.29 ST JAMES CITY 0.4 SSE LEE 29.23 CHIEFLAND 2.4 WSW LEVY 40.26 CHIEFLAND 8.5 ENE LEVY 35.98 BRONSON 3.0 SE LEVY 34.29 DUNNELLON 10.1 NW LEVY 30.72 BRADENTON 10.8 SE MANATEE 38.63 LAKEWOOD RANCH 7.0 E MANATEE 35.23 ELLENTON 6.6 E MANATEE 35.22 WIMAUMA 10.8 SE MANATEE 31.15 LUTZ 3.4 NE PASCO 34.72 ZEPHYRHILLS 2.6 NNW PASCO 34.48 ZEPHYRHILLS 0.9 ENE PASCO 34.42 DADE CITY 4.3 S PASCO 34.06 DADE CITY 1.8 WSW PASCO 33.75 HUDSON 1.1 ESE PASCO 33.50 LAND O LAKES 1.5 SSE PASCO 34.66 ZEPHYRHILLS 3.4 NNW PASCO 33.65 ZEPHYRHILLS WEST 2.2 SW PASCO 30.76 PORT RICHEY 2.0 NNE PASCO 25.38 LACOOCHEE 1.0 NE PASCO 24.79 LARGO 2.2 ESE PINELLAS 43.40 CLEARWATER 2.2 S PINELLAS 41.41 SOUTH PASADENA 0.6 E PINELLAS 36.32 SOUTH PASADENA 1.0 NE PINELLAS 36.29 SEMINOLE 2.3 NNW PINELLAS 36.03 ST PETERSBURG 5.0 NW PINELLAS 34.99 ST PETERSBURG 3.2 NNW PINELLAS 34.95 PALM HARBOR 3.4 ESE PINELLAS 31.62 ST PETERSBURG 2.3 SSE PINELLAS 30.90 ST PETERSBURG 2.4 NW PINELLAS 30.58 DUNEDIN 2.5 SE PINELLAS 28.52 ST PETERSBURG 0.7 ESE PINELLAS 27.79 DUNEDIN 2.8 ESE PINELLAS 27.74 PALM HARBOR 0.5 NW PINELLAS 25.62 LAKELAND 8.7 SW POLK 34.26 FROSTPROOF 6.3 ESE POLK 33.50 LAKELAND 6.9 SW POLK 31.84 LAKELAND 3.8 NW POLK 31.11 LAKE WALES 5.8 NNE POLK 30.77 FROSTPROOF 3.1 ENE POLK 30.52 LAKELAND 5.3 WNW POLK 29.41 EAGLE LAKE 2.0 WNW POLK 28.34 LAKELAND HIGHLANDS 0.3 SE POLK 27.96 AUBURNDALE 1.7 NW POLK 27.15 DUNDEE 0.3 NW POLK 25.39 BARTOW 7.8 SE POLK 24.82 LAKE WALES 4.6 NW POLK 21.08 NORTH PORT 4.7 NNE SARASOTA 43.65 NORTH PORT 2.6 E SARASOTA 38.72 SARASOTA 4.9 SE SARASOTA 36.23 ENGLEWOOD 2.0 NNW SARASOTA 34.40 VENICE 3.8 SE SARASOTA 30.63 SARASOTA 5.8 SE SARASOTA 26.84 LADY LAKE 5.2 W SUMTER 33.35 THE VILLAGES 2.7 NNW SUMTER 32.74 BUSHNELL 1.0 NNW SUMTER 28.71 THE VILLAGES 3.5 WSW SUMTER 28.29 THE VILLAGES 4.8 SSW SUMTER 27.70 FOR MORE CLIMATE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPABAY AND THEN CLICK ON THE LOCAL LINK IN THE CLIMATE SECTION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE. $$ PRC