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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
0328 AM EDT WED APR 15 2026

...HISTORIC RAINFALL AT THE GAYLORD WFO CONTINUES...

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.79 INCHES WAS SET AT GAYLORD WFO, 9 MILES SSW
OF GAYLORD MI, YESTERDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2026. THIS EASILY BREAKS THE
OLD DAILY RECORD OF 1.18 INCHES SET ON APRIL 14TH, 2018.

WITH THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL, THE TOTAL APRIL LIQUID PRECIPITATION
EQUIVALENT AT THE GAYLORD WFO HAS TALLIED UP TO 8.25 INCHES. THIS
SMASHES THE ALL-TIME APRIL LIQUID PRECIPITATION RECORD OF 7.54
INCHES SET IN APRIL 2011. WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE GAYLORD WFO DATE
TO 1998. FOR COMPARISON, THE HIGHEST APRIL LIQUID PRECIPITATION MARK
SET AT THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVATION SITE IN GAYLORD PROPER IS 6.53
INCHES, ALSO OBSERVED IN APRIL 2011. THE RELIABLE PRECIPITATION
RECORD DATABASE FOR THE GAYLORD PROPER COOPERATIVE OBSERVATION SITE
RANGES FROM 1940 THROUGH 2022.

IF YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE, TRY TO CONTAIN YOURSELF FOR THIS
NEXT TIDBIT. WITH THE ADDITIONAL 1.79 INCHES OF RAINFALL OBSERVED AT
THE GAYLORD WFO YESTERDAY, THE METEOROLOGICAL SPRING (MARCH THROUGH
MAY) LIQUID PRECIPITATION TOTAL NOW STANDS AT 14.46 INCHES... AND
COUNTING! YES... AS OF 12:00 AM APRIL 15TH, 2026, WE HAVE OBSERVED
THE WETTEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRING ON RECORD... BARELY HALFWAY
THROUGH METEOROLOGICAL SPRING! THIS MARK TOPS THE PREVIOUS WETTEST
METEOROLOGICAL SPRING OF 2024 AT THE GAYLORD WFO, WHICH SAW 13.64
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. AND FOR REFERENCE, THE WETTEST
METEOROLOGICAL SPRING AT THE GAYLORD PROPER COOPERATIVE OBSERVATION
STATION, WITH RECORDS SPANNING FROM 1940 THROUGH 2022, WAS 13.14
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN THE SPRING OF 1983.

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