[Vision2020] Record Breaking April 2011 US Precipitation Results in Historic Flooding

[Ted Moffett]

Acceleration of the global hydrological cycle from global-ocean
evaporation, as empirically verified in the following Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences peer reviewed article,
"Satellite-based global-ocean mass balance estimates of interannual
variability and emerging trends in continental freshwater discharge"
August 27, 2010:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/09/28/1003292107

Record breaking US rainfall (and other events) with previous records,
April 2011 US:

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/

April Climate Extremes Location Record Amount Previous Record (year)
Central Climate Region Most April Precipitation 8.41" 6.82" (1927)
Illinois Most April Precipitation 7.31" 7.13" (1957)
Indiana Most April Precipitation 9.22" 7.01" (1947)
Kentucky Most April Precipitation 11.88" 7.61" (1972)
Ohio Most April Precipitation 7.42" 6.26" (1964)
Pennsylvania Most April Precipitation 7.59" 6.47" (1993)
West Virgina Most April Precipitation 7.43" 7.11" (1901)
Delaware Warmest April 58.1°F 57.9°F (1994)
Central Climate Region Most Feb-Apr Precipitation 16.35" 15.82" (1945)
Northeast Climate Region Most Feb-Apr Precipitation 14.02" 13.89" (2008)
Texas Least Feb-Apr Precipitation 1.69" 2.56" (1996)
Indiana Most Feb-Apr Precipitation 16.61" 15.33" (2008)
Kentucky Most Feb-Apr Precipitation 22.05" 20.42" (1909)
New York Most Feb-Apr Precipitation 13.81" 13.30" (2008)
Ohio Most Feb-Apr Precipitation 15.68" 15.61" (1964)
Pennsylvania Most Feb-Apr Precipitation 16.74" 14.01" (1993)
East North Central Region Most May-Apr Precipitation 39.34" 35.63" (1994)
Minnesota Most May-Apr Precipitation 35.68" 32.96" (2006)
North Dakota Most May-Apr Precipitation 24.26" 23.84" (1942)
Wisconsin Most May-Apr Precipitation 42.88" 39.48" (1973)
United States Most April Tornadoes
Most Tornadoes in a Single Month 875 Preliminary Tornado Reports* 267
Tornadoes (April 1974)
542 Tornadoes (May 2003)
United States Largest Tornado Outbreak 305 Estimated Tornadoes April
25-28* 148 (April 1974)
Wisconsin Largest Tornado Outbreak in April 14 Confirmed - April 10 10
Tornadoes (April 27, 1984)
North Carolina Largest Tornado Outbreak 30 Confirmed - April 16 22
Tornadoes (March 28, 1984)
Contiguous United States Most Acres Burned by Wildfire in April 1.79
Million Acres 758,000 Acres (April 2008)
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