BY DAN HILDEBRAN
General manager
The water resource information bureau chief for the St. Johns River Water Management District said Lake Brooklyn rose by 6 inches during October.
Christine Mundy said rainfall throughout the district during the month was uneven, with the northern counties receiving below the long-term average.
“St. John’s, Flagler, and Putnam counties, as well as the southern third of the district, had above average rainfall,” she told the district’s governing board during its Nov. 15 meeting. “Much of the rainfall…in Flagler St. John’s and Putnam counties actually fell during a two-day period: October 11th and 12th.”
Mundey said countywide totals ranged from a high of 5.7 inches for St. John’s to a low of 1.9 inches for Lake County. She added that the district-wide average was three and a half inches, about a half inch below the long-term average.
The bureau chief said that over the last 12 months, precipitation in the district’s northernmost counties of Baker, Duval, and Nassau were below average, while the coastal and southern counties were above average.
