Friday, July 13, 2012

2012 IS STILL ONE WET DAY FOR EVERY DRY DAY

Donald A. Windsor

As of this posting, Friday 13 July 2012, we are in a very dry period, the driest in several years.  Rainfall is usually announced as how many inches fell.  For those of us who schedule outdoor activities, inches are not as important as frequency.  We want to know how often it rains/snows.  Consequently, I record those days (midnight to midnight) in which some precipitation fell on my property in the City of Norwich.  On 3 January 2012, I posted my data for 2011.  Here are the data for the first half of 2012.

            Dry Days  Wet Days 
January        10        21       
February      12        17       
March          18        13        
April             18        12       
May              16        15       
June              16        14       

For the first half of 2012, we had a total of 90 dry days and 92 wet days, about one wet day for every dry day.  However, we have had less precipitation, so it is drier. 

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