Rain Happens

Using data from the Environment Canada website, I track the prior day's temperature and precipitation in a spreadsheet.The comparisons to 1886 are off slightly since the location of the weather station has changed. In 1886, measurements were taken at a location called St. John's College which was at the corner of Main Street and St. John's Avenue.

Now, I have a choice of two locations in Winnipeg: the airport or the Forks. Because it is closer to Riel House, I use the Forks data. 

For example, last Thursday, the Forks experienced 24.7mm = 2.47cm = 1 inch of rain and that is what I recorded in my spreadsheet. HOWEVER, one of the neighbours at Riel House has a rain gauge. Below is what she recorded:

36.5mm = almost one and a half inches of rain!

and here's what that amount of rain does to our Parking Lot Garden

All that much was on the sides of the bed prior to the rainstorm and had been washed westward. We have now put it back where it needs to be. Hmmmm, some better flood prevention methods are required here.