April showers bring May flowers, or whatever.
A scant .51 inches of rain fell in Haines last month, making it the fourth driest April on record, according to National Weather Service officials in Juneau. But the 1.91 inches of rain that fell during the first seven days of May made it the wettest start for the month on record here.
The closest the start of May has been this wet was in 1974, when 1.67…
