Leif Christensen, 13, bails his skiff moored at "Poor Man's Float" on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. The previous day set the single day rainfall record. A total of 18.38 inches of rain fell on Petersburg during May 2025 - an all-time record.
As Petersburg residents are all too aware, it was exceptionally rainy last year. 133.90 inches of precipitation fell in 2025, making it the fourth-rainiest year since records began in 1924.
Last year's total fell just short of the all-time record of 136.88 inches set in 1991, according to data from the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Juneau.
The second-wettest year on record was 2015 with 135.98 inches, followed by 1987 with 134.32 inches.
"Based on the data we have, Petersburg was much wetter than its average annual precipitation," said Sean Jones, a general forecaster at the offi...
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