I have been recording rainfall since 2008 for CoCoRaHS and this March has been the least amount at 2.04 inches recorded at our station (OR-DG-22). The last 5 year average for March is 5.24 inches. The highest amount recorded for March was in 2012 with 11.96 inches.
For this water year starting 10/1/20 to 3/31/21 we have received 30.58 inches, the 30 tear average is 42 inches for the entire water year ending 9/30/21. Between now and the end of the water year it will be tough to come up with the 12 inches to achieve our average rainfall, unless the next three months exceed their average of 6.95 inches.
This is the same story all over the region. I am just now putting together some materials for work that show a very red March precip map for the whole area- red being below 50% of normal.
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ReplyDeleteCan you send me that link by email, can't open it in the blog and hard to rewrite.
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ReplyDeleteHere in Albany as of today July 18 we are only 4 inches below our average for the rainy season.
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