Last month was the eighth-wettest October in local weather history, with 6.31 inches of rain, nearly twice as much as the October average of 3.26 inches.

It also was the wettest month of 2017, surpassing the 5.91 inches of rain in May. The total comes despite four consecutive unusually dry months from June through September.

The wettest October locally was in 1941, when there was 9.01 inches of rain. Local weather records go back to 1888.

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