OTTUMWA, IOWA (AP) -- Rainfall in Iowa this summer is one for the record books.
State climatologist Harry Hillaker of the Iowa Department of Agriculture says on average across the state, 2010 will be the
second-wettest summer on record.
Hillaker says records have been kept on statewide weather for more than 130 years. He says 1993 was the No. 1 year for rain, but for a while, 2010 was ahead of that.
Farmers and gardeners aren't very happy about the wet summer. At a farmers' market in Ottumwa, master gardener Ule Glenn says vendors have great-looking products - just not as much. She says the weather is to blame. But farmers have some good news.
A warmer-than-normal fall is expected, with perhaps a little drier weather during harvest.
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