![]() That prompted the NWS in Lake Charles to issue a red flag warning and fire weather watch earlier this month warning that the region’s long dry spell combined with high winds make for “critical fire weather conditions,” the weather service wrote in a warning. This year’s dry winter has been accompanied by unusually windy weather in Southwest Louisiana that typically only combines with La Nina patterns every several years. The pattern is also associated with more active hurricane seasons in the Atlantic Ocean, which meteorologists expect the Gulf South will experience this year. Rainfall during La Nina patterns typically comes from storms that move quickly across the area, Calhoun said, unlike the late summer and fall storms known to sit over Acadiana and dump massive amounts of flooding rain on the region.Ģ022 hurricanes: CSU forecasters predict another active hurricane season with 19 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes And that explains the slow start to the year in January, February, and then getting into March,” she said. “Basically, what that means for us on this side of the United States is that our winters are going to be warmer and drier, and we did kind of see some of that. This year’s dry start is largely because of the La Nina weather pattern, Calhoun said, which has brought warmer, drier winters to Southwest Louisiana in recent years. Only two years have seen less rainfall in Lafayette by April 11 than 2022 has, with just 6.17 inches falling at that point in 1981 and a meager 4.31 inches in 1907, according to NCDC data. So we are under by around 0.76 inches for the month of March, and so we are having a pretty dry start to the year.” “Typically, in March, we average about 3.7 to 3.72 inches of rain … but this year, we're at 2.96 inches. “We are looking at one of the driest starts to a year in quite some time,” said meteorologist Marti Calhoun with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles. While the past week’s storms stand to give a modest boost to that figure, the start of this year has been one of the most dry in recent memory. The first few months of any given year in Lafayette are generally among the most dry, but rainfall totals through this past week put the city on track for its driest spring yet.Īs of April 11, the most recent date that data was available from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center, just 7.28 inches of rain have fallen in Lafayette this year. For the Water Year, 3.80 inches below average.Lafayette is off to one of its driest starts in recorded history, with rainfall totals more than 50% below average in 2022. That is 1.11 inches above average for the month to date. Rainfall total for Roseburg, Oregon.3.82 inches. For the Water Year, 7.88 inches below average. That is 1.38 inches above average for the month to date. For the Water Year, 7.49 inches above average. That is 1.69 inches below average for the month to date. For the Water Year, 3.26 inches below average. That is 0.99 of an inch below average for the month to date. For the Water Year, 1.76 inches below average. That is 0.73 of an inch below average for the month to date. Rainfall total for Klamath Falls, Oregon. For the Water Year, 1.71 inches above average. That is 0.94 of an inch below average for the month to date. RAINFALL TOTALS FOR APRIL.AND WATER YEAR TOTALS TO DATE, FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTING STATIONS IN THE MEDFORD NWS COVERAGE ZONE The bulk of which usually comes in January, February, and December. 4.7 inches of snowfall recorded.Īverage annual snowfall in Medford is 4 inches. Total snowfall for 2023 at the Medford NWS office at the Medford Airport. Total snowfall for 2023 at Rogueweather's location in South Medford.4 inches of snowfall recorded. Average calendar year rainfall in Medford is 18.43 inches. Average water year rainfall is 18.43 inches.įrom January 1st for the Calendar Year. That is 4.55 inches below average to the date.
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