And So It Begins

Today (Oct 1) marks the start of another rain year. The one we just finished was rainier than normal, with 34.69 inches of precipitation in the yearly bucket ending yesterday. The average in Hood River is 30.03 inches. This year's excess was due to the record rains last November that continued into December. From then on, the rain was pretty much below average.

The record max year for precipitation was 1996, in which 53.69 inches were recorded. The record low amount was 15.75 inches in 1944.

And right on schedule, the rain returns. Yesterday, 0.53 inches of rain, today (so far) 0.18 inches.