...Heavy Rain in September...
Heavy Rainfall in September?
This is not a surprise, as September is officially the 2nd wettest month of the year on average for Springfield at 4.83 inches. September has seen as much as 17.46 inches of rain fall in one month back in 1993 and 5.03 inches of rain in one day on Sept. 24 in 1993. Below are the wettest daily rainfalls for the month of September going back to 1888.
| Year | Day | Precip |
| 1993 | 24 | 5.03 |
| 1975 | 10 | 4.43 |
| 1996 | 26 | 3.90 |
| 1986 | 30 | 3.85 |
| 1962 | 14 | 3.84 |
| 1993 | 25 | 3.27 |
| 1993 | 14 | 3.15 |
| 1894 | 15 | 3.08 |
| 1894 | 10 | 3.02 |
Over the next several days...the remnants of Gustav...in conjunction with a cold front will combine to produce heavy rainfall across the Ozarks.
The general track of hurricane's, and where they make landfall in the gulf coast, do provide the chance that the Ozarks receive the remnants of tropical systems. Of the dates above however, only one, Sept. 10th 1975, was slightly impacted by a tropical system. The remainder of the daily heavy rainfall events in September occurred without the influence of a tropical system.
The climatological areas of origin and tracks of hurricanes in the month of September.
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