The official numbers aren’t in …
But as of Tuesday, with just two days to go, the head nod goes to March.
Yes March was rainy – tipping the water bucket with over 6 inches of rain and pushing the dry season above the 20 inch mark (the long-term winter total (Nov-Apr) is 13 inches) – but the bigger story has been a dry June.
(Of course to the west – looking out my window as I type – are the outer reaches of ominously dark clouds of Alex spinning clockwise around the gulf.)
June after all is south Florida’s rainiest month:
It averages just over 8 inches per year …
Not that July, August and September can’t make up for lost ground (or water as is the case here) …
Or even October for that matter:
The tropics are predicted to be busy through the summer and into the fall.
But my guess is this season's first Hurricane Alex did the trick and put June over the top (and from all the way across the pond no less, nearing Mexico's coast it's feeder bands pretty much filled up the entire gulf) ...
I'll find out for sure later today.
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4 comments:
I was wondering if some of the rain we had today in Central Florida was the feeder bands off of Alex. The storms were moving in a very particular anti-summer thunderstorms way.
I hope the storms bring you some rain... and hopefully no oil to go with it.
TFB: I agree, the skies were distinctly different.
Janie: Thanks for your well wishes. No oil yet along the southwest coast, but unfortunately the panhandle has gotten its share.
It's official: March wins! (And almost with an inch to spare). The final tally was March 6.53 inches and June 5.82 inches.
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