While the rainfall through the first three months of this year is above normal, it’s nothing like the area has seen in recent years. Through the end of March, 11.86 inches of rain was recorded at KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot, the official reporting station in Mountain Home for the National Weather Service. The average rainfall for the first quarter is 10.22 inches, meaning Mountain Home is 1.64 inches above normal.
This is quite different from the last two years. In 2019, 17.83 inches of rain fell in the first three months of the year setting the stage for what would become the second wettest year in Mountain Home history, with a total of 70.77 inches of rain. Last year, 18.09 inches of rain fell in the first quarter. The yearly total finished at 65.86 inches, which was the fifth-wettest year in Mountain Home history.