Local Precipitation Records in the Eugene Area date from 1900
The 5 Wettest Julys:
- 1916: 3.38 inches
- 1987: 3.00 inches
- 1947: 2.63 inches
- 1902: 2.37 inches
- 1983: 1.77 inches
Long Term Wet Periods:
- 5 years: 1982 -- 1987: 7.37 inches
- 10 years: 1983 -- 1993: 11.41 inches
- 15 years: 1982 -- 1997: 13.74 inches
- 20 years: 1974 -- 1994: 16.65 inches
Years with No July Rain
- 1901,1906,1910,1914,1917
- 1921,1922,1924,1926,1931,1933
- 1952,1953,1956,1958
- 1960,1962,1967,1969-71,1973,
- 1998,2000
Long Term Dry Periods:
- 5 years: 1967 -- 1972: 0.04 inches
- 10 years: 1924 -- 1934: 0.99 inches
- 15 years: 1958 -- 1973: 2.23 inches
- 20 years: 1924 -- 1944: 3.15 inches
The 5 Wettest Augusts:
- 1968: 5.79 inches
- 1979: 3.46 inches
- 1983: 3.19 inches
- 1990: 2.38 inches
- 1978: 2.17 inches
Long Term Wet Periods:
- 5 years: 1974 -- 1979: 11.88 inches
- 10 years: 1968 -- 1978: 18.04 inches
- 15 years: 1968 -- 1983: 25.43 inches
- 20 years: 1963 -- 1983: 26.79 inches
Years with no August rain:
- 1906,1909-1911,1914,1917
- 1928,1931,1936
- 1955
- 1967,1969-70,1981
- 1998
Long Term Dry Periods:
- 5 years: 1927 -- 1932: 0.55 inches
- 10 years: 1921 -- 1931: 3.49 inches
- 15 years: 1927 -- 1942: 4.39 inches
- 20 years: 1927 -- 1947: 7.43 inches
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