Rain Wrap-up 2012

The rain season of July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012 ended with 13.39 inches recorded on the Stonehill News weather station. I also have made a tradition of reporting what my neighbors, Dan Gollnick, at the top of Stonehill has recorded, going back to 1999, and Bill Westphal (Wunderground call sign, KCAALTAD1) over near Loma Alta Elementary School since 2003.

Here are the available seasonal totals:

Season    PacRad     KCAALTAD1   SHN
1999-2000  19.76"      --        --
2000-2001  21.22"      --        --
2001-2002   8.27"      --        --
2002-2003  24.47"      --        --
2003-2004  15.47"     14.72"     --
2004-2005  62.56"     56.66"    61.61"
2005-2006  24.06"     22.37"    23.35"
2006-2007   6.81"     6.52 "     6.15"
2007-2008  26.04"     24.66"    23.64"
2008-2009  16.34"     15.77"    15.09"
2009-2010  26.50"     25.55"    24.92"
2010-2011  34.49"     34.17"    30.70"
2011-2012  13.62"     13.66"    13.39"
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(04+) Avg  26.30"     24.92"    24.86"

I've included averages from the 04-05 season to the present

I included lines from both of the Stonehill stations to Bill's station. According to Google Maps, Bill is at 1640' and is approximately 1.25 miles WNW of here.

That puts him at the exact same elevation as PacRad, but he's on slightly flatter terrain (no canyon walls directly adjacent to him). I speculate that the shape of the terrain more than the elevation is causing Dan to average almost 2" more than Bill and me about 3/4" more than Bill.

PacRad consistently logs a bit more rainfall, collecting 750 feet due North and 100 feet higher elevation. We assume this is due to micro climatic differences, not calibration or placement problems. The fact that the percent difference is not consistent year over year supports this assumption.


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Here are the previous wrap-up posts:
Rain wrap-up 2011
Rain wrap-up 2010
Rain wrap-up 2009
Rain wrap-up 2008
Rain wrap-up 2007
Rain wrap-up 2006