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  • Ketchikan precipitation inches toward record year

    12/29/2005 5:31:00 AM PST · by skeptoid · 2 replies · 528+ views
    Anchorage Daily News ^ | December 29, 2005 | By JOANNA MARKELL
    Ketchikan precipitation inches toward record year SOGGY: Most residents agree on 202.55-inch mark apparently set in 1949. By JOANNA MARKELL Ketchikan Daily News Published: December 29, 2005 Last Modified: December 29, 2005 at 02:39 AM KETCHIKAN -- Ketchikan is famous for liquid sunshine and rubber boots, but this year's rainfall is inching toward the record books. As of early Tuesday, the Flight Service Station at Ketchikan International Airport had measured 192.95 inches of precipitation for the year. The record -- at least as far as most residents are concerned -- is 202.55 inches, set in 1949. Rain is in the...