Albuquerque off to wettest start of year since 1913

[Quixote1818]

Those of you from back East will look at our rain totals and be amazed at how little we get here.




... Albuquerque sunport starting off to a wet year in 2005...

As noted before... last month was the wettest January on record since
1931 at the Albuquerque international sunport... with 1.38 inches of
precipitation. The all time record was 2.52 inches set back in 1916.
See January monthly records below.

Ten wettest January months
records since 1931
--------------------------
1. 2005 with 1.38 inches
2. 1978 with 1.32 inches
3. 1941 with 1.17 inches
4. 1983 with 1.10 inches
5. 1979 with 1.07 inches
6. 1962 with 1.01 inches
7. 1993 with 0.94 inches
8. 1935 with 0.91 inches
9. 1974 with 0.88 inches
1977 with 0.88 inches


For February 2005... the Albuquerque sunport has received 0.84 inches
of rainfall so far for the month. If the Airport does not record any
more precipitation in February... it will be the ninth wettest month
on record since 1931. See February monthly records below.

Ten wettest February months
records since 1931
---------------------------
1. 1993 with 1.82 inches
2. 2004 with 1.17 inches
3. 1964 with 1.12 inches
4. 1978 with 1.02 inches
2003 with 1.02 inches
6. 1986 with 1.01 inches
7. 1975 with 0.99 inches
8. 1968 with 0.98 inches
9. 2005 with 0.84 inches *precipitation total for the month so far.
10. 1983 with 0.71 inches

** all time wettest February was back in 1863 with 2.52 inches.


Two daily precipitation records were set in the month of January as
well as the month of February with records dating back to 1931. 2005
has been the wettest start to any year... using the first 43 days of
the year as a reference.

Ten wettest starts to the year
values since 1931
using the first 43 days
-------------------------------
1. 2005 with 2.22 inches
2. 1978 with 1.77 inches
3. 1983 with 1.74 inches
4. 1941 with 1.25 inches
5. 1964 with 1.19 inches
6. 1986 with 1.15 inches
1993 with 1.15 inches
8. 1979 with 1.08 inches
9. 1962 with 1.05 inches
10. 1939 with 1.02 inches

[n2mark]

1. Don't have the figures for Phoenix,

but we are wet here also.

[Quixote1818]

3. Here is Phoenix's numbers

Month-to-date precip. 1.28 "
Year-to-date precip. 3.13 "

They have had 3.13 for the year so far. I don't know if that is their best start or not.

[amazona]

2. friend just went there on vacation and it was DAM WET

She's only a little bitter. :-)

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[Briarius]

4. "A" "L" "B" "U" "querque"

:evilgrin:
-watch out for the weasels