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It's been awhile since we have had a nice and steady rainfall, but many locations will see a good soaking today. As with most things in life, we like getting rain, but we don't need too much! Many farmers have told me that seeing some rain today is not going to be bad thing, but we do not need too much. Many people that have plans to go to football games want the rain gone by 7PM! So, let's dive into the data. First off, most of the data was showing less than an inch until last night's data. Now, most is showing 1.00-1.50", with isolated higher amounts.

Judging by radar trends this morning and reported amounts so far, I think most locations will get over 1.00" of rainfall. What about timing? The rain is already overspreading most of Region 8 at 8AM which may mean it will get out of here faster, right? Well, maybe. It does appear the system is moving faster, but many spots may still have some rain at kickoff at 7PM. Our "Game of the Week" is at the Nettleton/Valley View game. I still plan on being there for the Academy Sports Gameday Forecast, but if storms are still lingering... I'll be at the radar screen. Stay tuned.

I'll be giving updates throughout the day on Twitter at @ryanvaughan

So far this month, we are running about 3.6 degrees above average for the month of September! You don't need me to tell you that it has been hot! Each day, the high temperature has been at or above average. While it has been rather hot, I've noticed that most of the record highs this month are from 1925, so I did some research this afternoon. Take are look at the climate log from September of 1925 taken by the sisters at the Holy Angels Convent on KAIT road. This was the official climate log for Jonesboro:

Look how hot it was! 100+ for the first 10 days. While it has been rather warm this month, it was not nearly as bad as 1925.

It's always neat to look at these historic climate logs. The comments sections often have some cool things to read. Be sure to click the image to enlarge. I think it is interesting to note that despite the hot and dry start in 1925, they ended with almost 6.00" of rainfall.

We will talk more about this data from 1925, tonight on Region 8 News at 5:00 and 6:00.

Ryan