Hampton Roads has experiences it's rainiest year since 2003, acording to the Virginian Pilot.

The increase in rainfall will hopefully have a great impact on the area's agriculture.

"Hampton Roads officially broke into the top 10 wettest years on record with the recent heavy rainfall.

The region's 2009 rainfall total moved into the No. 6 spot, overtaking the 1937 amount of 59.7 inches, said Craig Moeller, meteorologist for WVEC-TV.

At 5 p.m. Wednesday, 60.75 inches of rain had been measured for the year in Norfolk, according to the National Weather Service in Wakefield.

'This is the most rain we’ve had since 2003,' Moeller said. That year, the National Weather Service measured 61.76 inches of rain at the Norfolk airport and ranked it the fifth wettest year."

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