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    You are at:Home»Local News»Manhattan saw third wettest year on record in 2019

    Manhattan saw third wettest year on record in 2019

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    By Brandon Peoples on January 3, 2020 Local News, Manhattan
    Courtesy photo (Manhattan Flood Updates on Facebook)
    Tuttle Creek Lake level showed just under 1,132 May 25, 2019, just days before it reached capacity. Photo by Brandon Peoples/KMAN
    Perhaps nothing defined 2019 in Manhattan more than the unusually high precipitation levels.
    In fact, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka, it was the third wettest year on record with 52.75 inches of precipitation. The wettest months were August (11.49 inches) and May (11.47 inches). Meteorologist Matt Flanagan says the year rivaled the wettest years of 1951 and 1993.
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    Flanagan says many cities in the state were in the top 5 to top 10 wettest years on record.
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    The record rains caused Tuttle Creek Lake to rapidly rise between March and late May all the way to the top of the gates at 1,136 feet above sea level. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers slowly began making releases in June and July, eventually bringing the lake back to normal pool by December.
    Manhattan averages about 34 inches of rainfall each year.

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