Monday, September 23, 2013

September Precipitation In Albuquerque Is Already Record-Breaking

The weather in Albuquerque has been SO erratic! Even though we still have a week to go, with Saturday's frontal-passage rain total of 0.58" (which exceeded the 0.49" we got here at Sacramento Executive Airport when the same front went through), Albuquerque has had 3.97" of rain for the month, which easily exceeds the next-highest amount for September, 3.31" in September, 1929. There were two days that broke records for the days:
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
231 AM MDT WED SEP 11 2013

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT ALBUQUERQUE NM...

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 0.85 INCHES WAS SET AT ALBUQUERQUE NM
YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.84 SET IN 1942.

237 AM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT ALBUQUERQUE NM...

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.22 INCHES WAS SET AT ALBUQUERQUE NM
YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.65 SET IN 1996.
John sent this fun helicopter video of the recent flooding in the Rio Grande Valley. I'm familiar with that arroyo by Cottonwood Mall. It's so strange to see it like this!

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