June wettest since records began
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June was the wettest the UK has seen since detailed records began in 1914, the Met office confirms.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  May 30--Florida's deepening drought brought Lake Okeechobee back to its record low Wednesday morning and new records will be set later in the day and at least the next few days, officials said.   The lake's level stands at 8.97 feet -- and falling.
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Believe it or not, Wimbledon organizers have been somewhat lucky so far. There's been plenty of rain through the tournament's first 1 1/2 weeks, including Thursday, but the four men's fourth-round matches that had to be completed to hold out any hope of holding the final on schedule did get done.
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By Don Springer  Warm weather has arrived. I know because the boat traffic has begun in earnest on Coal River. The water skiers are out and even the youngest of the young are wading or swimming in the waters.
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A northerly flow of surface winds should develop over the next couple of days as the remains of Gaston move north. The result is expected to be slightly lower rain chances for the first part of the workweek.
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By PATRICIA FARRELL AIDEM  SANTA CLARITA -- Local water suppliers are urging conservation as summer approaches in this driest year on record -- and as the region's main water supply is reduced to a trickle because of a threatened fish 300 miles away.
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IT'S PROBABLY TOO EARLY to call it a drought, but anyone with a vegetable garden, flower patch or lawn knows that we are in a significant dry period. As of Monday, Springfield was about 4 inches behind the amount of precipitation it would normally expect.
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By Jeff Hood, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep.
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Some wonder whether this month will break the single-month record for rainfall in Seattle, 15.33 inches, set in December 1933.
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By Matthew Eisley, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 6--That was one wet week, what with Tropical Storm Ernesto and cool fronts spawning drenching showers and thunderstorms.
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A steady downpour didn't qualify as bad weather to Suzann Pettersen. Playing through heavy showers was fine to Pettersen, who took a one-stroke lead Friday at the Wendy's Championship for Children. More than an inch of rain pounded Tartan Fields Golf Club, suspending play late in the afternoon &#151; as was the case in the first round.
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When players awoke yesterday, there was rain. Lots and lots of rain. When they got to East Lake Golf Club for the start of the Tour Championship, there were streams and puddles where a day earlier there hadn't been streams and puddles.
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By Rob Pavey< Staff Writer  Unless the skies get very wet, very fast and for an extended period of time, 2006 is shaping up to be as dry as last year was wet.
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By Dahleen Glanton, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jun. 19--ATLANTA -- North and South Carolina are fighting over a river.  In Tennessee, springs are drying up, jeopardizing production of Jack Daniel's  whiskey. The mayor of Los Angeles is asking residents to take shorter showers.
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Barring a surprise arrival of the kind of gully washers Texas is getting these days, Los Angeles' driest year in 130 years of record-keeping will go into the books this weekend.
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By Joe Wojtas, The Day, New London, Conn.  Sep. 20--STONINGTON -- The Aquarion Water Co.
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By Art Campos, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--The warm weather has arrived, and so has the potential for accidents in lakes, rivers and swimming pools.