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LAKE, N.D. (AP) – There’s a good chance that Devils Lake will rise this summer to within a half-foot of its 2011 record elevation of 1,454.3 feet.

The National Weather Service says there is an equal chance the lake will hit 1,453.8 feet this year. That’s half a foot higher than an outlook released in early May.

The increase is attributed to heavy rains that dropped more than 4 inches on parts of the Devils Lake Basin over the past week and a half. And more rain is expected this week.

Devils Lake rose about 32 feet and quadrupled in size between 1992 and 2011, devouring an estimated 161,000 acres of farmland.