Category: Catalina climate data

Some recent Catalina water year data

OOPS. I was listening to a Southwest CLIMAS podcast, originating at the U of AZ,  and realized I missed in the above graph  what can only be termed an “ineffectual Niño” that which occurred in 1986-88 and did not produce a precipitation “signal” here.  How lame was that? So, while we are excited about the… Continue reading Some recent Catalina water year data

A look at Catalina’s empty water year container so far; but spiget may be about to be turned on

While waiting for measurable rain to begin piling up in November, let’s look at no rain so far for the current water year which began October 1st:                         In fact, speaking of piling up, here’s some rain in this forecast from the Canadian GEM… Continue reading A look at Catalina’s empty water year container so far; but spiget may be about to be turned on

Updated Catalina climo data following the end of water year

Here are the updated plots from the Our Garden location on Stallion where a continuous record has been maintained since way back in 1977 when the Sex Pistols, led by Johnny Rotten, were beginning to alter the face of pop music and pop culture and trigger an alternative music and fashion scene called “Punk.”  Let’s… Continue reading Updated Catalina climo data following the end of water year

0.08 inches falls overnight on water year data! Must revise chart after “dare” to reflect new 10.91 inches total

Yesterday, in a ploy to get some rain, I “dared” it to rain on the water year data I presented for Catalina.  I didn’t think it would, to be honest, and also wanted a data “scoop” over other presenters of data who might be too shy to present data prematurely.  Remember, the rubric here is,… Continue reading 0.08 inches falls overnight on water year data! Must revise chart after “dare” to reflect new 10.91 inches total

Updated Catalina water year rainfall; so much ice, so little rain yesterday

Add to text box, lower left, the words: “….unless you’re quite young.” Looked like there was a leveling off during the past 15 years, along with the “puzzling 15-year hiatus1” in global warming, coincidentally, so I used a “poly” fit instead of a linear one that would reflect the “stabilization” of water year rainfall in… Continue reading Updated Catalina water year rainfall; so much ice, so little rain yesterday

Water year status (October through September precip)

Can there be any rain before the official end of the month, measurable rain that might improve our dismal 10.83 inches, droughty total? Not if you believe our own WRF-GFS model run from last night, but, “yes” if you like Canada and the Canadian GEM model.  It has some rain in the area for us… Continue reading Water year status (October through September precip)

Catalina summer rain climo (again)

Running out of material, which is quite interesting because I haven’t been doing much, so am reprising these…. We had a little uptick in rainfall last year mostly due to that four and half inches in July.  Very nice.  No trend is evident in the summer rainfall here, global warming aside. When it falls in… Continue reading Catalina summer rain climo (again)

April as seen in rain day frequencies; some wildflowers seen

  ————————————- Guest Statement/retrospective on March 2013 for Tucson by Mr. Mark Albright, a mostly temperature-centric climatologist specialist from the University of Washington: “March 2013 was the 2nd warmest March in the past 65 years (1949-2013) at the Tucson Airport (KTUS) with an average temperature of 65.7 F which was +5.6 F above the 1981-2010… Continue reading April as seen in rain day frequencies; some wildflowers seen