Rainfall Records 1968-2004
| Year | Lunine | Sims |
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| 1968 | | 14.48 |
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| 1969 | | 16.73 |
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| 1970 | | 16.94 |
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| 1971 | | 22.36 |
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| 1972 | | 15.01 |
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| 1973 | | 14.61 |
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| 1974 | | 18.90 |
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| 1975 | | 14.90 |
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| 1976 | | 18.00 |
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| 1977 | | 20.32 |
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| 1978 | | 26.05 |
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| 1979 | | 13.27 |
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| 1980 | | 15.35 |
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| 1981 | | 18.66 |
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| 1982 | | 16.53 |
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| 1983 | | 34.50 |
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| 1984 | | 30.68 |
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| 1985 | | 20.16 |
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| 1986 | | 19.56 |
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| 1987 | | 18.30 |
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| 1988 | | 20.05 |
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| 1989 | | 13.85 |
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| 1990 | | 27.82 |
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| 1991 | | 20.22 |
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| 1992 | | 23.88 |
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| 1993 | | 23.36 |
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| 1994 | 19.50 | 21.89 |
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| 1995 | 18.51 | 16.92 |
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| 1996 | 14.43 | 14.07 |
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| 1997 | 16.21 | 14.51 |
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| 1998 | 11.71 | 14.96 |
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| 1999 | 12.80 | 17.96 |
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| 2000 | 31.40 | 23.48 |
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| 2001 | 16.10 | 20.73 |
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| 2002 | 13.71 | 11.64 |
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| 2003 | 20.81 | |
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| 2004 | 18.20 | |
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| Mean | 17.58 | 19.16 |
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Rainfall Record at the Lunine's: 1994-2004, with comparison to Lee Simms' record through 2002
| Year | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | (Total) | Smr | Notes | Lee Sims |
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| 1994 | 0.50 | 1.40 | 0.90 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.50 | 2.00 | 2.80 | 2.70 | 0.30 | 4.10 | 4.20 | 19.50 | 0.41 | A | 21.89 |
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| 1995 | 1.60 | 1.50 | 0.90 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 2.30 | 6.40 | 3.00 | 1.20 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 18.51 | 0.63 | B,T | 16.92 |
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| 1996 | 0.01 | 1.60 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 5.30 | 2.90 | 2.60 | 0.90 | 0.60 | 0.01 | 14.43 | 0.75 | T | 14.07 |
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| 1997 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 0.01 | 0.40 | 1.20 | 0.20 | 1.10 | 4.60 | 1.70 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 3.10 | 16.21 | 0.47 | T | 14.50 |
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| 1998 | 0.01 | 3.30 | 1.70 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | 11.71 | 0.51 | B,T | 14.96 |
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| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.40 | 6.30 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.10 | 12.80 | 0.99 | C,D | 17.96 |
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| 2000 | 0.10 | 0.50 | 0.90 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 0.40 | 11.00 | 0.60 | 0.40 | 2.30 | 0.20 | 31.40 | 0.61 | B,E | 23.48 |
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| 2001 | 1.40 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 2.20 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 4.40 | 2.30 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 0.80 | 16.10 | 0.60 | F | 20.73 |
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| 2002 | 0.40 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 4.90 | 2.00 | 3.10 | 0.20 | 0.70 | 1.40 | 13.71 | 0.70 | T | 11.64 |
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| 2003 | 0.10 | 3.00 | 0.80 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.01 | 5.10 | 6.00 | 1.70 | 1.00 | 1.40 | 1.20 | 20.81 | 0.62 | T | |
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| 2004 | 1.60 | 1.10 | 2.70 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 3.60 | 3.40 | 0.80 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 1.40 | 18.20 | 0.44 | G | |
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| Mean | | 17.58 | 0.614 | |
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Total
1994-2002 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 154.4 | | | 156.2 |
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Notes
A Gauge at #78 Casas Arroyo 1-3/94, then 73-3 Crown C Ranch Road through 10/94, then 58 C. de los Sobaipuri thereafter
B Readings based on Jim Notestine gauge 8/95, 6/00, 8/00. Readings 9/98-5/99 taken at 58 C. de los Sobaipuri by S. Bayless.
C A few tenths of an inch in winter/spring 1999 were not recorded.
D In February and March 2000 Strom gauge (60 C. de los Sobaipuri) recorded 0.8 and 0.5 inches, respectively
F June 2001 value is an approximate total from June 1-30. Rain gauge was cracked and may have leaked.
E The 7 inches occurred between June 20 and July 3. Others in the area recorded between 5 and 7 inches.
G Jim Notestine recorded 4.1 inches of rain in July 2004
T 0.01 indicates trace of rain for that month. All measurable readings were 0.05 or larger…rounded up to 0.1 at month total.
Smr Fraction of the year's rainfall to occur in the summer months (June, July, August, September).
Jonathan Lunine