there's been a lot of talk here about how variable the monsoon has been point to point. I was pretty frustrated early on in the season, it seemed like all the action was either to the left or right of me. But that really turned around. Looking at my July data, I racked up 5.07" for the month, and I had 14 days of measurable rain in July (almost a 50% probability of precip for the month!)
I poked around at some of the personal weather stations in or near Sedona, and I found these July totals, all within about 3 miles of my site: 5.07", 3.17", 4.07", 6.90" and 7.07". I wasn't surprised to see some variabiity, because we all know that the monsoon rains can come in pretty narrow cells. I was surprised that the range was over a factor of 2 1/2 for the month, just within a stones throw of each other. It kind of tells you how misleading the "official" statistcs can be, especially if they are based on a single NOAA site at some airport.
oh, and my new puppy has gotten used to the thunder, which is a good thing.
