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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
537 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2008

...SECOND WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AT READING...

FEBRUARY, 2008 WAS THE SECOND WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 5.97 INCHES 
OF PRECIPITATION. THE WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD OCCURRED IN 1902, 
WHEN 6.72 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. 

RECORDS, WHICH ARE UNOFFICIAL, DATE BACK TO 1870.

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THE TEN WETTEST FEBRUARYS AT READING DATING BACK TO 1870:

   RANK      PRECIPITATION         YEAR
               (INCHES)        

     1           6.72              1902
     2           5.97              2008
     3           5.88              1870 
     4           5.86              1971
     5           5.83              1871
     6           5.59              1894
     6           5.59              1903
     8           5.55              1915
     9           5.52              1884
    10           5.49              1893

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