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Montpelier sets rainfall record for July

The golden dome of the Vermont capitol rises over a flooded street
Mike Dougherty
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Vermont Public
The golden dome of the Vermont Statehouse rises over a flooded street in downtown Montpelier on July 11.

Vermont's capital city broke a new record this month for rainfall, the National Weather Service reports.

Montpelier saw more than a foot of rain during the month of July. That's a lot more than the prior record of 8 inches in 2008. The data goes back to the middle of the last century.

Vermont sees on average 6 more inches of precipitation every year than it did in the 1960s.

Scientists say the state is getting wetter and seeing more extreme rainfall due to human-caused climate change.

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Abagael is Vermont Public's climate and environment reporter, focusing on the energy transition and how the climate crisis is impacting Vermonters — and Vermont’s landscape.

Abagael joined Vermont Public in 2020. Previously, she was the assistant editor at Vermont Sports and Vermont Ski + Ride magazines. She covered dairy and agriculture for The Addison Independent and got her start covering land use, water and the Los Angeles Aqueduct for The Sheet: News, Views & Culture of the Eastern Sierra in Mammoth Lakes, Ca.
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