Ok, now I am having trouble believing this, but the Weather Channel is saying that we have 12.73" of precipitation for the month of February to date. See here:
Weather Channel Month to Date
Not that I am against such numbers, its just that it is so far above and beyond what I had though we were at.
Now the National Weather Service has a precipitation number I can more easily buy at 9.56" month to date, but it also looks as if they separate out snowfall, and maybe that is how the Weather Channel gets the 12.73". Or maybe the Weather Channel is just wrong. See here:
National Weather Service Climate Data
I'll poke around some more on this (feel free to weigh in.)
Suffice to say that we are in another ballpark entirely on rainfall.
Minimum of half a foot more rain than normal. Pretty wild!
I have been thinking about this as I look out over the slush covered trail.
Worcester Visitor and Tourism Center
Climate Change Tourism Marketing Slogan:
"Welcome to the Atlantic North-East Temperate Rainforest!
Home to some of the healthiest mosses and ferns in North America."
Presently it is 12:59 pm at the Lodge:
It is 34.3 degrees F and dropping;
89% humidity and steady;
29.26" od mercury and steady;
no rainfall since midnight.
The trails are very wet.
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Update on the precipitation record:
The National Weather Service number includes melted snow and ice.
The Weather Channel's number is simply out of whack even by my own rough numbers.
And they said you can't trust the government!
Viva La Republic!
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It's going to be tough to carve all of that on a wooden sign.
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