September Atlanta’s Second Driest Ever
With only .07 inches of rain reported at Hartsfield Airport, September, 2005 ended up being Atlanta’s second driest ever. The worst September for rain remains 1984, with .04 inches. Here in Lawrenceville, I recorded .26 inches of rain, with one tenth of an inch on the 26th, and .15 inches on the 28th. For Macon and Athens, this was the driest September ever.
The month was also warm. The mean temperature of 73.6 degrees was about two degrees above normal. The warm September wasn’t confined to Georgia, as much of the central part of the country also enjoyed warmer than normal weather.
Now that we’re in October, things may start returning to normal. While the temperatures may be normal to warmer than normal for the first half of the month, we are likely to see normal to above normal rainfall, primarily due to some tropical weather. Tropical Depression 19, which is likely to become Tropical Storm Stan, probably won’t affect the US at all, simply traveling north in the Atlantic. There are other tropical waves active in the western Atlantic, and it is possible that one will affect Georgia later in the week.
For October as a whole, the weather service is predicting normal temperatures and precipitation for Georgia. Later this week, we’ll see what the early outlook is for the upcoming winter season.
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