State Climate Office: Indiana rains set June record

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) – The State Climate Office says Indiana’s average June rainfall of 9.03 inches set a record for the month and was the fourth-wettest of any month on record since 1895.

The office at Purdue University in West Lafayette says the rainfall surpassed the previous June record of 8.13 inches set in 1958.

It says nearly all parts of Indiana received above-normal rainfall of just over 4 inches.

It says the heaviest totals generally were in a band stretching from Newton to Adams counties across northern Indiana. A rainfall monitoring station at Rensselaer in Jasper County recorded the most rain at 18.06 inches. Two locations in Newton County had more than 17 inches.

The office says some areas of Indiana received more than 4 inches of rain on seven days.