Wanted to point a few things out about this year's extreme drought and temperatures in the PNW that honestly leave me pretty speechless, never seen anything like this before.
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First of all, the majority of the PNW has only seen about 1-2 mm of rain over the past 3 months. To put that into perspective, Hurricane Ian produced that much rain in 60 seconds.
Our "average" for the last 3 months should've been about 110mm.
Our "average" for the last 3 months should've been about 110mm.
The longest stretch in history of 19C+ days in October for Vancouver was only 4 days. So far we are at 3 days in a row and aren't expecting highs below 19C for AT LEAST another 7 days. If this comes true, which it probably will, the record I mentioned will be absolutely smashed.
The current long range forecasts for the PNW show 0 mm of rain for the next 15 days which is nearly unprecedented for October, especially considering we haven't had any relief beforehand either.
By the looks of things we may not see any drought relief until late Oct or Early November, I can't even put into words how unusual that is.
If it weren't for our above average snow pack last spring, the entire PNW would of likely been on water restriction level 4-5 by now.
If it weren't for our above average snow pack last spring, the entire PNW would of likely been on water restriction level 4-5 by now.
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