RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- April showers bring May flowers -- but sometimes, those showers feel like they're going a little overboard! On this rainy Friday, 8News decided to take a look at the wettest springs ever recorded in the River City. StormTracker8 meteorologist Matt DiNardo pulled historical p recipitation records for the city of Richmond. These numbers are broken down by weather season, which are structured a bit differently from your standard calendar seasons. For the sake of these measurements, "spring" is defined as the months of March, April and May. How Richmond’s DEC 911 call data compares to RAA, national industry standards With that being said, here's the top 10 wettest Richmond springs on record. 1889 -- 21.7 inches of rainfall 1984 -- 19.09 inches of rainfall 2003 -- 18.89 inches of rainfall 2008 -- 16.92 inches of rainfall 1895 -- 16.78 inches of rainfall 1924 -- 16.47 inches of rainfall 1948 -- 16.45 inches of rainfall 2018 -- 16.26 inches of rainfall 1886 -- 16.11 inches of rainfall 1903 -- 15.96 inches of rainfall The year of Richmond's wettest spring, 1889, is also the wettest overall year on record for Virginia's capital city. ...read more read less