The Weather Channel
Severe drought has gripped one of the nation's wettest climates for months even though it has received more than 95 inches of precipitation this year.
Ketchikan, Alaska, has recorded 96.62 inches of precipitation (rain/melted snow) in 2018 through Dec. 10. In many parts of the United States that would be an extreme amount, but in Ketchikan that's 35.94 inches below average. For comparison, Wilmington, North Carolina, has seen 97.75 inches of rain through Dec. 10 and is 42.60 inches above average for the year to date. That enormous surplus was largely caused by the deluge Hurricane Florence unleashed for days in September. But Ketchikan is in the southeast Alaskan panhandle, home to one of the wettest climates in the United States.
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