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 wish we could spread this wealth around.
In July we broke the monthly record for rainfall since Señor Espinosa started keeping track of rain in our area in 1992. The previous record – for September 1999 – was 55.3 inches. This July we exceeded that amount by exactly 4 inches; our total was 59.3 inches.
It rained 29 of the 31 days in July and on one of those days, it rained more than five inches.
Meanwhile, our average temperature has been 71 degrees F.
We have a few more tidbits at our weather archives page.
That doesn’t look like any fun at all. I hope you get a reprieve soon.
Perversely, toward the end of July we started hoping to exceed 60 inches!
So far, August seems a little milder but we’re still on track to break the August record for rainfall. Sigh.
Mary
One of the depressing predictions of global warming models is that before the actual averages start changing weather will be subject to more extremes, wetter wets, drier drys, hotter hots, and colder colds. So while Mary is slogging about, we’re enjoying a long, rather dry (oh, but that 1.5 cm of rain last night was most welcome) hot spell across a large portion of eastern N. America.
Hello Phytophactor,
In a timely enough fashion, there was an article on this very topic in the NY Times recently: http://tinyurl.com/2d9qyqd.
I’ve been waiting for someone to mention that our weather systems seem to be approaching a “far from equilibrium” state. After that, what? But maybe we’re not there yet.
Meantime, a couple of days ago we had just over 7 inches of rain. Another record. Flooding rivers. The drinking water system of David (3rd largest city in Panama) became clogged with sediment & debris (read trees) so that people and businesses were without water for days.
August is now likely to become a record month, perhaps surpassing July. Yes, take plenty of rain gear to Costa Rica this year – we’re right next door.
Mary
WOW! I wish you could share it too, for both our sakes! Things are pretty crispy here…
One of the depressing predictions of global warming models is that before the actual averages start changing weather will be subject to more extremes, wetter wets, drier drys, hotter hots, and colder colds. So while Mary is slogging about, we’re enjoying a long, rather dry (oh, but that 1.5 cm of rain last night was most welcome) hot spell across a large portion of eastern N. America.