Whatever happened to those spring rain storms of the past? In the 1980's and 90's I can remember heavy rain storms on my drive back home from Cottage Grove to Eugene. Sometimes you could hardly see the highway with the wind shield wipers going full blast. This would continue up until the 4th of July, then summer would begin with less frequent rain until the middle of October. Now the rain tapers off quickly after March. At our place in Douglas County the 30 year average for March is 4.24 inches. So far for this March we have received less than an inch (0.77) and spring officially doesn't start for another week. Hopefully the weather man is correct about his forecast for a wet spring.
Water is our greatest resource and good quality water is disappearing fast. Like Ben Franklin said in Poor Richard's Almanac, "When the well is dry, we learn the worth of water."
Yes, I remember some of those rainy Junes in years past. Seemed like Oregon just had two seasons, wet & dry. As author James Cloutier once said (in his book Orygone I), "Driving your car along the Oregon coast during the wintertime .... is like getting stuck in a car wash for six months." He also said, "During the winter it rains so much in Port Orford ... you can get seasick just crossing the street."
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