July Rainfall: "It's brutal."
By SUSAN ALLEN
TIMES ARGUS STAFF - Published: August 4, 2009
MONTPELIER – It didn't just rain in July. It poured.
As the sun's rare appearance Monday sent Vermonters flocking to pools and golf courses to take advantage of the dry day, Worcester meteorologist Roger Hill said the July rainfall might have set records statewide.
"We've been blowing the doors off the norm," Hill said. Normal rainfall for July, based on numbers from 1970 to 2000, is about 3.6 inches; last month, Hill said, Vermont saw more than twice that amount, with 7.4 inches of rainfall.
Just as grim, he added, were the number of days that experienced some rain during the 24-hour period. In Montpelier, for example, it typically rains 12 to 14 days in July, but last month rain fell on 22 of 31 days.
"It's brutal," Hill said. And the rain-soaked forecasts have made him a wanted man, he joked, adding, "People are really nice, but they joke constantly – witness protection program for Roger.
"I hate to forecast it," he said. "It affects me just like it affects everybody else. People hate it. Psychologically, I have really let them down."
Hill said that while the news was bad all over the state – if you think excessive rainfall is bad news, that is – Rutland took the brunt of the pain. Typically, the Rutland area receives 4.58 inches of rain in July. Last month, he said, just under 13.6 inches dumped on the Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport.
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Vermont sounds like England.
Poor Roger. In Louisiana, we want to kill the messenger who gives the forecasts about hurricanes.
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