August continues to be a wet month in the Raccoon River Valley, with all three of our weather reporting locations surpassing their normal monthly rainfall totals.

According to the National Weather Service, Guthrie Center has received almost twice as much rain as normal already this month with a whopping 8.5 inches.  Perry has received just over 6.5 inches so far and Jefferson has seen more than 5.25 inches.

Normal monthly rainfall totals range between 3.9 and 4.3 inches during August, and the current rain could continue through early next week.