Hole in the bucket

There must be a hole in Raleigh’s bucket somewhere. In spite of all the rain we’ve received lately, we ended March still a half-inch below normal rainfall for the year. Granted, we ended March almost 3 inches above normal for the month, but still.

From the NWS Climate Summary:

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
..................................................................

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.53 1962   0.11  -0.11     0.98
  MONTH TO DATE    6.83                      4.03   2.80     5.53
  SINCE MAR 1      6.83                      4.03   2.80     5.53
  SINCE JAN 1     11.01                     11.52  -0.51     9.95

April Fool

Someone must be playing a trick on me. How did it get to be April already?