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Fourteen Inches of Rain

Sunday afternoon 14 inches of rain [see update, below] fell on Boquete, Panama, in the hours between 2 and 9 PM. Most of that was concentrated between 3 and 6 in the afternoon. The top graph is of wind direction, … Continue reading

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It’s Not Fair

While some parts of the world swelter and others suffer from severe drought, we continue to be deluged with rain. It’s most likely due to La Niña, we know, but that doesn’t make it any easier, and we really do … Continue reading

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May Rainfall is Average – An Unusual Event

Our rainfall in May of this year was average. In fact, it was nearly exactly average: the 17-year average is 22.4 inches for our local area in western Panama; this May we had 22.7 inches. On the following graph, the … Continue reading

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