September rainfall came in below normal at 2.57 inches but was enough to push total rainfall to date (44.31 inches) above normal for the entire year. Normal rainfall for September is 3.06 inches. Our normal annual rainfall is 43.81 inches. We had only 4 days with measurable rainfall in September with a greatest one-day total of 2.18 inches on September 25.
On the temperature side, highs were mostly in the low to mid-nineties with a high of 96 degrees on September 19. On the low side, temperatures were mostly in the seventies but we did have a fantastic 59 degree low on September 28.
For the 93 days of summer, we had 18 days with measurable rainfall and 9.2 inches of rain. On the high temperature side, we had five triple-digit temperature days, 73 highs in the 90’s, 14 highs in the 80’s, and one high in the 70’s. On the low side, we had 7 lows in the 80’s, 84 lows in the 70’s, and 2 lows in the 60’s. High temperature of the summer was 102 degrees on August 12. Low temperature was 68 degrees on September 11. Over all though, temperature for the summer was somewhat below normal due to a lot of cloud cover and 6.60 inches of rain in August.
2016 RAINFALL BY MONTH
Month Rainfall Normal Departure
January 0.82 3.62 -2.80
February 1.54 3.36 -1.82
March 8.58 4.33 +4.25
April 6.02 3.30 +2.72
May 5.83 4.59 +1.24
June 10.16 4.03 +6.13
July 2.19 1.95 +0.24
August 6.60 2.43 +4.17
September 2.57 3.06 -0.49
Totals 44.31 30.67 +13.64
LOOKING AHEAD TO October
October, with last year’s 14.36 inches of rain, has taken over top spot on rainfall as the wettest month of the year at a normal of 5.30 inches. October also produces cooler temperatures.
–The above rainfall and temperature data was recorded by Barney Leach, former volunteer co-op weather observer for the National Weather Service.
