Thursday's rainfall has made this October the wettest on record in St. Louis.

8.52" October 2009 Precipitation (so far)
2.76" Normal for the entire month of October

How much rain fell in my neighbrohood Thursday? Click here for a list of rainfall totals across the area.

So far the month of October is the 3rd coldest on record, and the rest of the month looks chilly. Here's the coolest October's through October 22nd:

1 50.6 1876
2 52.6 1977
3 53.4 2009
4 53.6 1875
5 54.4 1987
6 54.7 1952
7 55.0 1978
8 55.2 1964
9 56.6 1948, 1888

Thanks to the National Weather Service for doing the work on digging up these stats!

Steve Templeton

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