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Flood — Lucas, IA

Jul 20, 2010

July 2010 temperatures averaged 71.4�� or 1.6�� above normal while precipitation totaled 10.45 inches or 5.81 inches above normal. This ranks as the wettest and 33rd warmest July among 138 years of state records. The only calendar month to bring more rain to Iowa was July 1993 with a statewide average of 10.50 inches while the previous July record was 10.33 inches in 1947. The continued wet weather resulted in widespread flooding along Iowa's rivers. Though not as extreme as the fl

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 238706). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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