Milestone rainfall of over 20″ recorded in Menlo Park

We’ve been fairly certain that the 20″ mark would be recorded in the rain year 2023-34. And this weekend it was.

Updated results from weather watcher Dennis Nugent’s digital gauge was 0.51″ on Saturday, March 23. That pushed the season-to-date to 20.02″

The rain continued overnight with an early morning shower — just 0.13″ today (Sunday, March 24); the season-t0-date stands at 20.15″.

There were a couple of big storms last year about this time: Dennis reported his digital gauges recorded a whopping 2.75″ on March 21 and another 0.70″ on March 22, bringing the season-to-date to 37.04″ — wow! That caused retired InMenlo weather watcher Bill Russ to comment: “Try not to weary of all the rain. Just know the soils, plants, and tree roots will be gulping the water in. Lots does not run off.”

I attended Bill’s memorial service just this past Thursday and believe he’s smiling from above at reaching 20″ this year.

Photo by Robb Most (c) March, 2023