ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- St. Cloud has shattered the record for rainfall for the date on Monday.

The National Weather Service says we officially recorded 2.81 inches of rain at the St. Cloud Regional Airport.

That broke the record of 1.95 inches of rain for the date which was set in 1900.

St. Cloud has now had over 3.35 inches of rain so far in August, which is about 2.75 inches above normal for the month so far.

For the summer months of June, July and August St. Cloud has had 13.66 inches of rain, which is 5.72 inches above normal.

St. Cloud averages 3.68 inches of rain for the entire month of August.  Just five days into the month and we are already close to the monthly average.

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We do have a 40 percent chance of rain again on Wednesday, but otherwise, we should see a stretch of drier cooler days ahead.

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