Gainesville-Hall County’s 2013 rainfall amount, 78.95 inches, ranks third highest on record, or since 1892, State Climatologist Bill Murphey said. The highest amount on record is 82.92 inches in 1929 and the second highest, 80.25, in 2009, he said.The normal amount was 53.16 inches, meaning Gainesville-Hall has a 25.79-inch surplus. “There’s plenty of water (in the area),” Murphey said.