Phoenix has not had any measurable rain in 99 days...

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Sky Harbor International Airport will have made it 100 days without measurable rain (.01 inches) if it does not receive any rain tomorrow.

[kestrel91316]

1. It's a desert.

They have a tendency to do that "dry" thing on a regular basis.

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2. I've lived here for 20 years. I know this place pretty well. 100 days is a lot.

Consider how far back that goes. No measurable rain since April.

Even considering the fact that we are a desert, although we are suppose to be in the middle of our Monsoon season, we get random storms.

[TM99]

6. Yes, 100 days is a long time.

I, too, have lived here over 20 years. Lots of wind and dust, but so far, here in North Central Phoenix, no measurable rain in months.

Normally, we have at least two 'rainy' seasons here in the 'desert' (It is not like we are the damned Sahara!). These used to be in winter - February and March - and Monsoon summer - July and August. That kept things bearable. This is starting to become unbearable.

[kestrel91316]

8. We've been know to go 9 months without rain, and probably more,

and we're not even technically a "desert" but rather a "Mediterranean" climate.

Several years ago we went about 2 years between significant rainstorms.

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11. LA has never gone 9 months without measurable rain.

[kestrel91316]

18. I've lived here 30 years and I've seen it more than once.

I don't live downtown, however. Our weather out this way is very different from downtown.

http://www.laalmanac.com/weather/we13.htm

2006-2007 we got virtually nothing, so that was at least 20 months with the barest hint of rain.

[RobertEarl]

3. Where do they get their water from?

Do they steal it from Mexico?

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4. We steal it from everyone down river on the Colorado.

Although there have been several recent court decisions granting compensation to a lot of these people.

[Dreamer Tatum]

10. Phoenix sits on an aquifer, something about which many are ignorant. nt

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12. I remember you trying to argue that we didn't have a water problem.

Good to know you haven't changed your mind.

[Dreamer Tatum]

13. There is a water problem.

But Phoenix doesn't import every drop of its water.

Being in a desert <> having no water.

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14. Phoenix doesn't really import any of it's water. The Colorado flows through the state.

So it is technically our water just as much as it's any one else.

The problem is that we are consuming more water than we can reserve. And we are pumping so much water out of our aquifers that they have dropped hundreds of feet. We are now just reaching the cusp of a catastrophic water shortage.

If I remember correctly, you don't seem to think any of this is a serious problem.

[Dreamer Tatum]

15. I think it might be farther out than you do.

That's all. Ridicule me if you want - that should help raise the water table.

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16. Well last I read the predictions were around 2016. How "farther out" are you thinking?

[Warpy]

5. It's been pouring off and on for 10 days here in NM

The storm that has cooled us off and dropped rain on us seems to be edging toward the west, so you might not hit that 100 day mark.

[Decoy of Fenris]

7. It's all up here in Central New York.

We got hammered for close to a month straight with nonstop rain; large amounts of flooding wiped the lower-lying areas clean and did quite a deal of damage.

[NickB79]

9. We just got 5" in 3 HOURS this weekend in Minnesota

I had a river in my front yard, and the local town had cars underwater!

http://www.kare11.com/news/article/1031865/391/Dundas-residents-evacuated-due-to-heavy-rains-flooding

[Cleita]

17. Go shout it on the tallest mountain, you know the one losing its

snow pack because of global warming.

[renie408]

19. I know where it went.

We are NINE INCHES above normal for precipitation in the Charlotte area and something like thirteen inches above where we were this time last year. OF the two, I will take too much rain over a drought any day. Though I am starting to get a little crazy every time it starts to come down.

[Phentex]

20. We got 3 inches yesterday...

complete with hail at times. But I agree, the drought was worse!!!

[Earth_First]

21. In Phoenix?!

Ya don't say...

[blogslut]

22. I hear you.

I'm from the Texas High Plains. Even ridiculously dangerous, tornado-inducing, flood threatening thunderstorms are still considered a godsend. For us, drought is a constant state of being. Our aquifer keeps us alive but it doesn't stop the sun from withering our crops, killing our livestock and laying waste to our lands with wildfires.

99 days is a long damned time. My heart goes out.