April neared a rainfall record for the U.S., as the month was the second wettest in 123 years.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Monday that the average U.S. rainfall in April was 3.43 inches, nearly topping the record amount, which has remained since 1957, according to ABC News.
The nation is also experiencing its lowest drought – 5 percent – since the U.S. Drought Monitor went into effect nearly 20 years ago.
The record comes after Seattle broke a rainfall record of their own between October and April, according to The Associated Press.
Seattle recorded 44.7 inches of rain between those months, marking the wettest period since 1895 – when rainfall records began. This was the second straight year Seattle landed in the record books during these months.
“This has been a terrible winter. It was just wet. There’s no way around that,” Mike McFarland, a meteorologist in Seattle, said according to the AP.
Some Seattle residents, including Meghan Shepard, enjoyed the rainy winter.
“It’s soothing. I like the color of the sky when it rains. It’s this beautiful green. I like being out there,” Shephard told the AP.
“I don’t have a lot of patience. If they don’t like it, move,” the 77-year-old said about residents who have a problem with the record amounts of rainfall.
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