BY MELANIE BUCK –
The National Weather Service in Little Rock reported that Big Fork not only received the largest amount of rainfall in Polk County for the month of May but also in the state, taking in 24.46 inches of rain. Mena came in second with 21.46 inches, and Cove recorded 20.03 inches as the third largest amount of rainfall in the state.
May of 2015 has been officially recorded as the wettest month ever in Mena. Normal rainfall for the month of May is 5.54 inches. This year, Mena received almost four times that amount.
Rain was recorded on twenty of the thirty-one days in the month and totaled 21.46 inches. The last time the month of May broke a monthly record for rainfall was in 1990, with 18.08 inches. In the last 100 years, the wettest month ever recorded was August 1915 and May 2015 busted that record as well. Total rainfall so far this year is 40.72 inches.
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Jeri Pearson
Jeri is the News Director for Pulse Multi-Media and Editor of The Polk County Pulse. She has 10 years of experience in community focused journalism and has won multiple press association awards.

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