Rain, Rain, Rain

September 17, 2012 at 10:24 am · Filed under Uncategorized and tagged: drought, rain, summer

It has been another hot dry summer at Stengl Biological Field Station. Triple digit temperatures and drought conditions finally gave way to wetter weather and cooler temperatures. Friday nearly three inches of rain fell. Throughout the weekend slight, but constant, showers kept the totals adding up. I estimate Stengl received 3.5″ of rain from this system, which is more than the entire summer brought.

The highs have been in the low 80’s and night time lows have touched the 60’s. All of this is very welcome as the wetter weather, if only temporarily, calms concerns over a repeat of last years tragic fire filled end of summer.

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