An unidentified pedestrian walks past flowering trees and at the rain-soaked Coolidge Park early Monday afternoon.
Staff photo by Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free Press
The months in 2011 have tended to follow weather themes.
First there was snowy January, with more than 10 inches falling on the area. Then came balmy February, with temperatures climbing into the 70s.
More than 11 inches of rain have fallen on Chattanooga this month as wet weather systems moved into the region, according to the National Weather Service at Morristown, Tenn.
The rainfall will push this March into the top 10 roster of rainiest Marches in city history. The area’s average amount of rainfall for March is 5 inches.
“Before all of this rain, it had been a pretty dry year,” said David Hotz, meteorologist with the National Weather Service at Morristown. “But there’s no doubt with all the rain we’ve made it out of drought conditions for a while.”