normal, the hard way

The August normal for rain on the hill-top is 0.99 inches. We're making a 3-day run at it, and given our forecast for the 31st we'll come close but likely a pinch short. Before the 25th we stood at 0.02", so it's a mighty effort to close the gap. We can always reach 90° again in September, so summer has probably not vanished entirely - but it's a very nice respite.

As far as annual rainfall though.. normal is not going to happen. In order to be our driest ever Oct-Sep water year of our nine-ish years living up here, we just need to stay below 15 inches in September. Since our wettest Sep is about 5½", that's a pretty safe bet. Wetter months have happened though, so a few typhoon remnants at the right time can make the unlikely come true!

Update: we made it to normal, thanks to a surprising damp last day. No forecast had more than 1/2" but we reached 2/3", and ended August at 118% of normal. A few showers spilled into September, so we need only 14" and change to have a 'normal' year. Yeah, .. no.