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compared to the annual average rainfall of 19.33 inches.569 In January, 2017, the level of <br />White Bear Lake was approximately 923 feet; in May, 2017, 923.8 feet; on August 24, <br />2017, 923.17 feet.171 <br />None of this information appears in the body of the Court's Order because most of <br />it occurred after the time of trial. It is included in this Memorandum simply to alert the <br />reader that 1) the Court recognizes the large amounts of rain have fallen in the last several <br />months; 2) the fact that 24 inches of rain has fallen in a 6 month period does not translate <br />to an increase to the lake of that amount—or anything near it; and that 3) the findings of <br />fact remain valid: that in the long term (years, decades) White Bear Lake levels are <br />controlled mainly by groundwater fluctuations, and in the short term (monthly, <br />seasonally) by precipitation and runoff. <br />30 August 2017 <br />561 weather Underground, August 29, 2017. <br />570 Minn. DNR website, August 29, 2017. <br />140 <br />