Rain Fall Summer 2010 at the Midway Green Spirit Community Garden

HMEGer and community gardener, Everett, set-up a rain gauge this season at the Midway Green Spirit Community Garden. The rain gauge is located inside the bee hive enclosure. This is a table of the weekly rain fall for 2010 as measured each Sunday for the previous week.

• 6/27 - 3.75"
• 7/4 - 0.25"
• 7/11 - 1.50"
• 7/18 - 1.50"
• 7/25 - 0 .75"
• 8/1 - 0.4"
• 8/8 - 0.4"
• 8/15 - 4.4"
• 8-15-9/12 - 1.25"
• 9/19 - 1"
• 9/24 - 3"
• 9/24-10/17 - 0"
  

Average about 1.1"/week during prime growing season.

Thanks Everett for your diligence in collecting this data. For comparison, or more climate data (this year and historical) the University on Minnesota has collected measures on this page.