Is Rainfall To Be More Or Less Than Normal In 2016

Summer will be slightly drier than normal, with temperatures below normal in the east and above normal in the west. The hottest periods will be in mid-June, early and mid-July, and early and mid- to late August.

If the last two years have been a little too warm and dry for you, some relief may be in sight.

The CPC (Climate Prediction Center) has been hinting about a possible shift from La Nina (warmer, drier weather for AZ) to El Nino conditions (cooler, wetter weather for Arizona).  Their latest report suggests that weak-to-moderate El Nino conditions are forecast for the Northern Hemisphere for fall and winter 2012-13.

El Nino and La Nina refer to the warming or cooling of the equatorial Pacific which affect global weather patterns.

In a typical winter El Nino pattern, storms tend to take more of a southerly track across the U.S.  Northern parts of the country are typically drier (than average) and slightly warmer.

While 2015 turned out to be the most rain-soaked year in some time, it looks like 2016 will also get off to a soggy start.

As of December 31st, the National Weather Service's Green Valley station had recorded 14.48 inches of precipitation for the year. While just roughly an inch and a half above the average annual rainfall since 1988, the earliest year from which data is available, it's the most precipitation the station has recorded since the 16.23 inches that fell in 2001.

It's also more than an inch above the next-closest years in the past decade; 2013 saw 13.44 inches, 2008 had 12.33 inches and 2010 had 12.01 inches.

The highest amount of rainfall since 1988 was the 22 inches in 1993, followed by 21.68 inches in 1990.

In 2015 the total was helped by high precipitation in January, June, September and October, which ranged from being 0.9 to 1.6 inches above normal. January's total of 2.03 inches is only beaten by 2.12 inches in 2010, and 3.6 inches in 1993. September's 2.9 inches made it the second-wettest September since 1988, being less than half an inch below the 3.31 inches that fell during the same month in 2002.

However, the year did lag a bit during the summer when it typically receives the most amount of rain. Despite having 2.5 inches of rain, July was nearly half an inch below the average, while August's 1.2 inches was down an inch and half from the average.

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