A rare May storm dropped more than two inches of rain on town Sunday, about a half-inch more than the average total rainfall for the entire month.
May is typically the driest month of the year in the Chilkat Valley.
“It is possible to get precipitation amounts this high in May, but not very often,” said Edward Liske, forecaster and meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Juneau.
The long downpour set records in Haines…