Alabama's Precipitation Record
The official 24-hour rainfall record for the state of Alabama is 32.52 inches observed at the reporting station at Dauphin Island (Mobile County) on July 19-20, 1997 was a result of Hurricane Danny. The extreme rainfall produced by Danny was confined to coastal Alabama, causing floods, threatening sea turtle habitats and damaging thousands of acres of cropland.
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Did You Know?
Hurricane Danny was the only hurricane to make landfall during the 1997 Hurricane Season. When the storm stalled off the coast of Alabama, the northerly winds forced the water out of Mobile Bay causing tides to be two feet below normal, making it possible to walk across portions of the tidal basin.