Condition Monitoring Star of the Week, September 29th - October 6th - Horry County, SC

Our Condition Monitoring Star of the Week was posted on September 29th by CoCoRaHS observer with station number SC-HR-14.  In their report, they recorded the rainfall at their location and compared their total for this year to those from 2013 and 2012.  If you've been recording precipitation measurements and observing for a year or more, you can compare your rainfall totals with those you received last year and previous years. Your records along with those of other CoCoRAHS observers are available through the CoCoRaHs website.  Just go the CoCoRaHs homepage and click "View Data" at the top of the page. Then you can scroll to see different types of records.

Comparison with recent and historical records is one way scientists understand precipitation trends. Adding this kind of information to your reports is a great way to increase their usefulness.  It's also just plain fun to compare totals from previous years.  Thank you for the good work SC-HR-14!
 

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Plants and Wildlife 

 1.91" of precipitation the past week. The wet weather continues. Last week we surpassed the total measured rainfall of 48.03" recorded in 2013 and 48.34" recorded in 2012. We are now one tenth of an inch short of 50 inches for 2014! There was standing water in the wetlands and the creeks and drainage ponds are full. Everything is green and thriving.