Atlanta Is Seeing More Rain Than Usual This Spring

Gloomy skies and off-and-on rain are the norm so far this season. A weather system hanging over the Southwestern U.S. is pulling moisture up from the Gulf of Mexico. Until that system moves across the nation and past the Southeast, forecasters say we’ll continue to see rain.

Metro Atlanta has seen 5.26 inches of rainfall in the past 30 days. That’s more than an inch above normal, according to the National Weather Service.

Forecasters say that total is likely to increase over the next several days.

“Sunshine is going to be hard to come by at all this week,” says Jason Deese, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia.