October didn’t just seem sloggy and wet in Knoxville; statistics from the National Weather Service in Morristown confirm it. This much more rain than usual:
• 4.28 inches for the month, which was 1.63 inches above normal.
• The average Knoxville area rainfall in October 2008 was 1.40 inches, according to the city Stormwater Engineering Division rainfall collection data.
• The average rainfall in October 2007 was 1.17 inches.
• October 2009 was the 22nd wettest October on record, from weather service observation dating back to 1870
• Measurable rainfall occurred on 15 days, and eight of those days had more than one-quarter of an inch.
• The heaviest rain fell on the 14th when 0.76 inches was recorded.
• The wettest October since observations were begun 139 years ago was back in 1925— 9.51 inches of rain was recorded.
Source: National Weather Service in Morristown, Tenn. and Knoxville Stormwater Engineering Division
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