NOAA’s July update is out, and the first thing I checked was the statewide average precipitation. We got a lot of rain in July of 2023. The statewide average was 8.61 inches, more than double the 100-year average. But it did not set a record.
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Does Vermont See 6 More Inches of Precipitation Every Year Than It Did Before the 1960s?
Vermont Public, the local Nancy Pelosi Radio (NPR) online affiliate (maybe gang is a better term), has a bit about the rain in the state capital of Montpelier. “Montpelier sets rainfall record for July.”
It Rained a Lot in April … for the 7th Year in a Row
April showers bring May flowers, but for a little while, at least this year, it looked like April showers brought May showers. We got a break from the cold and the rain this past week; the same week, NOAA updated its precipitation data.
With the Annual ‘Drought Festival™’ Looming, Could We Use a Bit More Rain?
Last week the state got jiggy with the threat of wildfires. Warning! That’s always a concern when the weather improves, the snow melts, and folks start burning all the downed brush from winter storms. But is it that dry?
Dissecting WMUR’s Latest Climate Whine About Temperatures and Flooding
Between 2016 -2021 WMUR has published more than 150 articles about drought in New Hampshire. The headlines cry out for relief or predict doom. But yesterday, that same WMUR posted a tweet with this headline.
As Predicted, Media Says Snowless Olympics (In a Place That Gets no Snow) is Proof of Global Warming
Two weeks ago, before the Olympics started (I missed them on purpose too), we warned you that the media would blame the lack of snow on global warming. While (get this) running parallel reports about how bitter cold it is.
Still Trying to Get the Rain Right…
The last time I tried to correct the record, I must have walked away and come back and forgot what the hell I was trying to do. This time, I think I’ve got it right. That is the goal. To get the numbers correct, so here we go (again).
Getting the Rain Straight (Almost*).
In the interest of setting the record straight, we need to issue a correction. It rained a lot around here this summer, so I went about the usual task of exposing false drought fears and reporting on rainfall totals. But something wasn’t adding up.
Annual and YTD Precipitation Data Confirm the Truth and a Lie About Our Weather
According to NOAA, the one-hundred-year average precipitation for “New Hampshire” is 44.3 inches. Also, according to NOAA, as of today, New Hampshire has received over 38 inches of precipitation in 2021. That’s 87% of our annual “rainfall,” and it’s barely mid-July.
Despite 2020 Drought Trends Show NH is Still Getting ‘Wetter’
One of the joys of “modern” life is knowing that no matter what the weather does, it is bad, and you are to blame. If this were a relationship, your friends would say it is bad for you. Walk away. But that’s now how the left operates. They are stalkers, and there’s no way for you to get a restraining order.
Despite Years of Water Restrictions NH Towns Keep Adding More Mouths to Drink
I can’t remember the last time my town of Merrimack did not have some sort of water use restriction. Every year, regardless of the precipitation, even in heavy years, we are told to limit water use in the summer.
Remember That Drought Thing We had That Was the End of the World?
As we rambled through and out of the final year of Obama’s presidency, New Hampshire had a drier-than-usual year. By drier, I mean (Southern New Hampshire) ranked 23rd for precipitation out of 124 years in the Granite State sample.