Rainfall through the first 13 days of October has totaled 12.55 inches, with more than half the month left to go. Measurable precipitation has been recorded on nine of those 13 days. The total includes 2.48 inches measured at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Average rainfall for October is 4.52 inches, with the record at 17.41 inches, recorded in 1984. See the Oct. 15 edition of the Optic-Herald for more details on weather.








