Nearly 71 inches’ rain in 2015

In a look back at the year just finished, the Walhalla Weather Observer recounts nearly 71 inches of rain—making 2015 one of the wettest but not the wettest in all the years that her family has kept records.  Ironically, the first three days of 2016 saw no measurable amounts of rain at the Walhalla weather station maintained by Barbara Wilson.  The temperature dropped to seven degrees on February 20, making that the year’s official low.  It ascended to 99 degrees on August 5 for the year’s high.