New Page: Rainfall History
I’ve added a new feature to the site: the ability to monitor precipitation on a statewide basis. You can see the Georgia rainfall map here. The page is available from the Forecast page (right now just for Lawrenceville), although by the weekend, the map will be available from any local forecast page.
The maps show in reasonable detail how precipitation amounts can vary even within a single county. Data is gathered using a combination of radar data and local reporting stations by the National Weather Service, which produces the maps. You can view precipitation over the previous 24 hours, or for longer periods. For the longer periods, you can also see normal precipitation amounts, departure from normal rainfall over the period, and percentage of normal precipitation.
Thanks, and a tip of the hat to the Weather Service, which provides the data and the maps.
You don’t have to look at a map to know that rainfall in Gwinnett is sorely lacking. A trough has been hanging out just to our north, but a ridge centered over north Georgia is keeping the rain away. That ridge is expected to break up in the next day or so, which may mean we will see some rain before the weekend. In addition, it’s possible that an Atlantic tropical system may develop into a storm in the next few days, with a possible path over Cuba and into the Gulf. That could also bring some much needed rainfall to Georgia.
For the month of June, Georgia ranked just below average for rainfall statewide, although in Gwinnett, we were much lower. However, take a look at the map below, and see that much of the Northeast had almost the wettest June since recordkeeping began:
On the temperature side, Georgia saw the 43d coldest average temperature out of 112 years of recordkeeping. June saw almost record warmth in Nevada (111th of 112), Wyoming (110/112) and California (109/112).
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