June, July and August were very wet

By Reed Anfinson
Publisher
Swift County Monitor-News
It has been a very wet summer.
Through June, July and August, the Benson area received 18.04 inches of rain. That is 6.49 inches of rain above the three-month average of 11.55 inches.
Storms Sunday evening into Monday morning brought another 0.73 inches of rain to the Benson area bringing the month’s total to 6.02 compared to an average of 3.46 inches.
Rainfall form the storms pushed 2020 into second place for the most rain in the three-month on record for the Benson area. Benson has kept daily records since 1953...
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