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Cleveland has set an all time record for the wettest April after more rain moved into northeast Ohio early Tuesday morning.
According to observations from the National Weather Service at Hopkins Airport, another .04 inches of rain has fallen since midnight through 1:30 a.m. bringing our monthly total to 6.62 inches of rain for April.
This amount now makes 2011 the wettest April on record since 1961.
Here is a list of the top 10 rainfall amounts for Cleveland during the month of April:
6.62″ 2011 (through 1:30 a.m. Tuesday)
6.61″ 1961
6.07″ 1998
5.90″ 1950
5.78″ 1957
5.57″ 2005
5.38″ 1873
5.36″ 1954
5.26″ 1929
5.01″ 1920
More rain can be expected through Thursday according to WKYC Meteorologists Betsy Kling and Hollie Strano, further adding to this amount.
The source article Cleveland sets all-time April rainfall record was published April 26, 2011 by WKYC-TV .
