Rain/Weather Log

We started this page to keep track of the weather happenings in our little climate zone, living on the side of a hill has its benefits and drawbacks. It can be colder here than in the lower city, in summer and winter.  We tend to not get rain when the areas below us do.

RAIN GAUGE
2011
July 19-20 - 42 mm
July 21-22 - 5 mm
July 22-23 - 10 mm
July 25 - 7 mm
July 28-29 - 12 mm
July 31 - 4 mm
July total: 80 mm = 3.1 inches

OTHER WEATHER EVENTS
2011
It was quite cold this past winter; spring came early and it was not to wet or to dry; we were able to plant peas on almost exactly the same dates we have for the past few years; the late spring has been very dry, but not very hot; we have had alot of strong windstorms this spring and early summer, we had one in May of 2010 as well

July - windstorms broke the gala apple tree in half, dang; a few days later another windstorm broke a large limb off the largest apricot tree, double dang