We're just coming out of El Niño and beginning the next La Niña event.
According to NOAA, average daily rainfall in Iowa is +0.5mm during El
Niño and -0.5mm during La Niña... at least in your piece of Iowa. So
much for averages.
<http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/cgi-bin/enso/enso.pl?output=2&variable=prate®ion=usa&event=l&season=sum&type=a>
Chuck Norcutt
Ken Norton wrote:
> Well, here in central Iowa, the animals are lining up two by two
> again... We've had three days in a row of 3-4 inches of rain. It is
> not often that I don't miss having a basement in the house, but this
> is one time I'm glad to be 100% above ground (and possessing a brand
> new roof). It's just getting nuts around here. Some parts of the state
> are experiencing record flooding this year. Had one dam break a week
> or so ago.
>
> I-80 is about to close east of Des Moines... Other highways and roads
> already closed. Fortunately, a different watershed than the one Joel
> is downstream of.
>
> AG
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