This is the first year we have measured the rainfall here, so we can make no comparisons with previous years. However, the locals say they can't remember a rainier August than this one. We had measurable rainfall for 28 of the 31 days. I kept telling myself I liked the sound of the constant pitter-patter on the roof, but when we had a rainless day on August 30 I realized what a relief it was. In the afternoon, when it normally would have been raining, we sat on our balcony to enjoy the view, put on Enya's A Day Without Rain, and reveled in the dry, balmy weather.
Total rainfall for the month was [roll of drums] . . . 27.2 inches. The month came in like a lamb with .1 inch on August 1, followed by two rainless days, and left like a lamb, with no rain on August 30 and only .1 inch on August 31. In between, it was all lion. Ten days had more than an inch, the heaviest coming on August 6, with three inches. Most of the time it was overcast.
The high temperature was 80 degrees, on August 23; the two lows, 57 degrees, on August 18 and 19. Winds were light to moderate, generally from the west.
It was a tough month on those plants located in the clay soil. The ones in the "tierra negra" did fairly well.
September and October are normally the rainiest months of the year. We shall see.
Happy gardening!
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