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Latest rainfall news: Destin hasn't had much
September 2008 was Destin's 10th driest month since 1940, Larry Beat of Destin's Public Services Department says.
Beat told The Log that the city received 1.99 inches of rain last month, and prior to Monday's thunderstorm had received no rain since .14 inches on Sept. 15.
As of Oct. 5, there'd been no rain for October, compared to a monthly average of .63 inches.
The annual average for Jan. 1 to Oct. 5 is 49.51 inches; this year, Destin has seen 32.29 inches. The projected annual total is 42.36 inches.
Beat said October's average rainfall of 3.893 inches makes it the third driest month in the city's rain year.
Florida Freedom Newspaper writer Kelli Hernandez offers this report.
A storm front traveling east from southern Alabama is expected to continue bringing much needed moisture to the area through Wednesday.
Southwest Okaloosa County can expect 1 - 2 inches of rain from the storm front, which has dropped nearly 8 inches of rain over Mobile since Monday evening, according to Gary Beeler, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mobile.
While current rains are welcomed, it may not be enough to put a sizable dent in the nearly 10-inch rainfall deficit affecting the area, according to Beeler. The Panhandle has not seen any significant moisture since Hurricane Gustav hit Sept. 1 and the area recorded its last rainfall Sept. 15, according to Beeler.
"Anything helps," Beeler said, "But you can't take something where you've not had anything for weeks and expect one rainfall to all of a sudden end (the deficit)."
A second front, which is currently moving across Texas, could reach the area by next week providing another opportunity to decrease the rainfall deficit, Beeler said.
