April showers were not quite as prevalent in the Raccoon Valley River Area as they are in some years. According to data collected by the National Weather Service Forecast office, precipitation throughout the month was 0.6 of an inch below normal in Guthrie Center and 0.3 below average in Perry. Guthrie Center saw a  total of 3.15 inches, while the normal amount is 3.76 inches, and Perry was even drier with it’s 3.08 inches failing to eclipse the norm of 3.37. Despite lower rainfall, near flooding conditions are present along the Raccoon River Basin. The United States Army Corp of Engineers reports that as of Tuesday at noon, the Middle Raccoon River near Bayard was at its flood stage of 14-feet, and the North Raccoon River near Perry was at 12.25-feet, 2.5-feet below flood stage.