) since the start of observations in 1873. The summer was rather dull in the Northeast.
The dry spell ended everywhere by 20 August and an equally unusual wet spell
set in. The
remaining part of the year was the wettest ever registered in the South and West and the year
as a whole was the second wettest on record in this area. The precipitation totals in the North
and East were close
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